Abstract: A central processing unit of a host system is used to manage at least a portion of a data placement of a storage device including by bypassing a storage controller processing unit of the storage device to store data in a random-access memory of the storage device while allowing media endurance management of the storage device to be managed by the storage controller processing unit of the storage device. The central processing unit of the host system to the storage device provides a command that causes the storage controller processing unit of the storage device to utilize the data stored by the central processing unit of the host system in the random-access memory of the storage device.

Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method may include configuring a plurality of watcher processes for observing and logging performance of one or more storage devices. Each watcher process may be configured with a trigger condition and a resource limit and organized into tiers based on resource limit. The method may include initiating a first watcher process of a first tier to observe one of the one or more storage devices and monitoring, with a watcher service, the first watcher process for the trigger condition of the first watcher process. The method may further include, in response to detecting the trigger condition, processing an output of the first watcher process and initiating, based on the processed output, a second watcher process of a second tier, wherein the second tier corresponds to a higher resource limit than the first tier. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.