STORAGE APPARATUS INCLUDING DRIVE CONTROLLER, THE DRIVE CONTROLLER FOR PERFORMING GARBAGE COLLECTION PERFORM METHOD

摘要

The present invention relates to a storage apparatus including a drive controller and a garbage collecting method conducted by the driver controller. More specifically, the method is configured to collect garbage of a memory of the storage apparatus depending on a state of the storage apparatus by determining the state of the same according to an input / output frequency, generated by the memory of the storage apparatus. According to the present invention, detailed operations of a garbage collection process are differently conducted so that an input / output procedure is performed after conducting at least a minimum securing process, even if an input / output request is received when the garbage collection process is conducted.