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Rebirth-FTL: Lifetime optimization via Approximate Storage for NAND Flash

  • Hong Kong Polytechnic University
  • Chinese University of Hong Kong
  • Humanoid Technologies Lab (H2T)

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Abstract

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 video that can tolerate errors. In this paper, we propose Rebirth-FTL which reuses faulty blocks to store approximate data for the lifetime optimization. Rebirth-FTL efficiently and effectively manages two spaces with approximation-Aware address mapping, coordinated garbage collection and differential wear leveling. We also develop a scheme to pass approximate information from userland to kernel space in Linux. Evaluation results show that Rebirth-FTL can significantly increase the lifetime by up to 3. 46X.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2019 IEEE Non-Volatile Memory Systems and Applications Symposium, NVMSA 2019
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9781728138541
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2019
Externally publishedYes
Event8th IEEE Non-Volatile Memory Systems and Applications Symposium, NVMSA 2019 - Hangzhou, China
Duration: 18 Aug 201921 Aug 2019

Publication series

NameProceedings - 2019 IEEE Non-Volatile Memory Systems and Applications Symposium, NVMSA 2019

Conference

Conference8th IEEE Non-Volatile Memory Systems and Applications Symposium, NVMSA 2019
Country/TerritoryChina
CityHangzhou
Period18/08/1921/08/19

Keywords

  • FTL
  • NAND flash
  • approximate storage
  • lifetime

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