Rebirth-FTL: Lifetime Optimization via Approximate Storage for NAND Flash Memory

Autor: Yi Wang, Chenlin Ma, Renhai Chen, Zhaoyan Shen, Lei Han, Zili Shao, Zhuokai Zhou
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems. 41:3276-3289
ISSN: 1937-4151
0278-0070
DOI: 10.1109/tcad.2021.3123177
Popis: The lifetime of NAND flash cells significantly degrades with feature-size reductions and multi-level cell technology. On the other hand, we have more and more approximate data such as images and videos that are more error-tolerant than regular data like text. In this paper, we propose Rebirth-FTL which reuses faulty blocks that contain uncorrectable errors to store approximate data for lifetime optimization. Rebirth-FTL effectively manages two spaces, namely, the approximate space and the normal space, with an efficient address translator, a coordinated garbage collection, and a differential wear-leveler. In addition, we develop an MTR (Migration Times Restriction) policy to restrict the movement of the approximate data in the approximate space. We also develop a scheme to pass approximate information from userland to kernel space in Linux. Finally, a lifetime model is presented for lifetime analysis. Our experimental results show that Rebirth-FTL can extend the lifetime by 41.63% on average.
Databáze: OpenAIRE