RAID CONTROLLER WITH PROGRAMMABLE INTERFACE FOR A SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE

摘要

Provided is a RAID controlled storage device of a serial attached small computer system interface/serial advanced technology attachment (PCI-Express) type, which provides data storage/reading services through a PCI-Express interface. The RAID controller typically includes a hardware (H/W) disk connect coupled to a set of PCI-Express SSD memory disk units, the set of PCI-Express SSD memory disk units comprising a set of volatile semiconductor memories; a programmable disk mount coupled to the H/W disk connect; an adaptive disk mount controller coupled to the programmable disk mount; a disk monitoring unit coupled to the programmable disk mount for monitoring the set of PCI-Express memory disk units; a disk plug and play controller coupled to the disk monitoring unit and the programmable disk mount for controlling the programmable disk mount; a high speed host interface coupled to the disk monitoring unit and the programmable disk mount for providing high-speed host interface capabilities; a disk controller coupled to the high speed host interface and the disk monitoring unit; and a host interface coupled to the disk controller.