摘要 |
A storage device and method for selective data compression are provided. In one embodiment, a storage device determines whether data stored in a storage area in the storage device's memory is suitable for compression. If the data is suitable for compression, the storage device compresses the data. The storage device then uses free memory space resulting from compressing the data for an internal storage device operation. Other embodiments are disclosed, and each of the embodiments can be used alone or together in combination.
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