Host-driven garbage collection

摘要

A host receives information related to garbage collection of a storage device, and it controls selective execution of garbage collection by the storage device according to the received information.

主权项

1. A method executed by a host, the method comprising:
receiving information related to garbage collection of a storage device from the storage device; and controlling selective execution of the garbage collection by the storage device according to the received information, wherein the controlling of selective execution of garbage collection comprises transmitting, to the storage device, a garbage collection command and at least one parameter value determining an amount of the garbage collection to be performed by the storage device in response to the garbage collection command, wherein the controlling of selective execution of garbage collection comprises, analyzing information regarding data to be stored in the storage device, the information regarding the data to be stored in the storage device comprising at least an amount and a starting address of the data to be stored in the storage device, and controlling an amount of the garbage collection to be performed by the storage device according to the analyzed information.