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Wednesday, September 18, 2013
InnoDisk Develops New SSD Power-Failure Protection Technology
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Innodisk on Wednesday announced the development of Power Secure, a new hardware and firmware-based power failure protection system designed to protect SSD data integrity after sudden power outages.
Solid-state drives (SSDs) are far faster, more durable, and have lower
operating costs than HDDs. However, all storage devices are vulnerable to
potential data loss caused by a sudden shutdown due to external power
failure. Innodisk's Power Secure offers a combined hardware and firmware
power-down recovery system that reduces the probability of data loss or
corruption. If a SSD read or write operation is interrupted due to an
unexpected loss of power, there can be inconsistencies in the data; it may
not load successfully, and an ECC (Error Correcting Code) failure can
occur, leading to data loss. Power Secure's first line of defense against
this issue is a low power detector on the SSD.
When the low power detector is triggered, a safe power-down recovery
algorithm is executed to help prevent data loss. The controller will
complete the current operation, using residual power stored in capacitors
on the SSD, and then continue monitoring external power conditions to
prevent further access to the flash memory while voltage levels are
abnormal. If the power abnormality is brief, Power Secure can allow normal
operations to continue, however, even if the power fails completely, Power
Secure will be ready to take further action to protect data when power is
restored.
Power Secure's work doesn't end when power fails. When power is restored,
the patented Power Secure firmware scans the drive for errors caused by the
power failure, restores the drive to a readable state, and recovers data
that would otherwise be lost. With older SSD controller technology, an ECC
failure is a likely result of power loss, but Power Secure is actually able
to remap the data on the drive, remove corrupted data, and rebuild the
original mapping table after an operation has been interrupted by power
failure.
Power Secure is integrated in the storage device and requires no user
intervention. Therefore it is always ready to protect data, no matter what
the cause of the unexpected power loss: power outage or brownout, power
supply failure, battery exhaustion, and even inadvertent disengagement of a
live drive. |
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