Enhanced queue management for power control of data storage device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9965206-B2
Application number	US-201514921832-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 23, 2015
Priority date	Oct 23, 2015
Publication date	May 8, 2018
Grant date	May 8, 2018

Abstract

Systems, methods, and firmware for power control of data storage devices are provided herein. In one example, a data storage device is presented. The data storage device includes a transaction queue configured to enqueue storage operations received over a host interface of the data storage device for storage and retrieval of data on storage media. The data storage device includes a storage controller configured to process a power/current target to establish a dequeue process for storage operations in the transaction queue which operates the data storage device within the power/current target.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A data storage device, comprising:
storage media configured to store data for later retrieval;
a transaction queue configured to enqueue storage operations received over a host interface of the data storage device for storage and retrieval of data on the storage media; and
a storage controller configured to:
process at least a power control instruction received over the host interface to establish a dequeue process for storage operations in the transaction queue which operates the data storage device within a power target indicated by the power control instruction;
determine an estimated access time (EAT) weighting factor for the dequeue process based at least on a present transaction queue depth and the power target; and
based at least on a power delta against the power target indicating power usage of the dequeue process is greater than the power target, identify a different EAT weighting factor that reduces the power usage to below the power target for further dequeue processes.

2. The data storage device of claim 1 , wherein the storage controller is further configured to process power usage measured during the dequeue process against the power target to identify a power delta, and adjust the EAT weighting factor based at least on the power delta.

3. The data storage device of claim 1 , wherein the storage controller is further configured to select the EAT weighting factor from a table relating transaction queue depths and estimated power levels and employ the EAT weighting factor to select the storage operations from the transaction queue during the dequeue process.

4. The data storage device of claim 1 , wherein the storage controller is further configured to process the power usage measured during the dequeue process against the power target to identify the power delta; and
wherein the storage controller is configured to identify the different EAT weighting factor that reduces the power usage to below the power target for further dequeue processes from a data structure relating estimated power levels to transaction queue depths.

5. The data storage device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a power monitor configured to measure the power usage by the data storage device during at least the storage operations; and
wherein the storage controller is further configured to process the power usage against the power target to adjust dequeue sequencing for the transaction queue to alter read/write head seek behavior of the data storage device and reduce the power usage to within the power target.

6. The data storage device of claim 1 , wherein the power control instruction comprises a limit on at least one of a power dissipation or current draw for the data storage device.

7. The data storage device of claim 1 , wherein the power target is indicated as a desired current for a specified supply voltage of the data storage device.

8. The data storage device of claim 1 , wherein the storage controller is further configured to execute the storage operations in accordance with the dequeue process.

9. A method of operation a data storage device comprising storage media configured to store data for later retrieval, the method comprising:
in a transaction queue, queuing storage operations that are received over a host interface of the data storage device for storage and retrieval of data on the storage media;
in a storage controller, processing at least a power control instruction received over the host interface to establish a dequeue process for storage operations in the transaction queue which operates the data storage device within a power target indicated by the power control instruction;
in the storage controller, determining an estimated access time (EAT) weighting factor for the dequeue process based at least on a present transaction queue depth and the power target; and
in the storage controller, based at least on a power delta against the power target indicating power usage of the dequeue process is greater than the power target, identifying a different EAT weighting factor that reduces the power usage to below the power target for further dequeue processes.

10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:
in the storage controller, processing power usage measured during the dequeue process against the power target to identify a power delta, and adjusting the EAT weighting factor based at least on the power delta.

11. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:
in the storage controller, selecting the EAT weighting factor from a table relating transaction queue depths and estimated power levels and employing the EAT weighting factor to select the storage operations from the transaction queue during the dequeue process.

12. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:
in the storage controller, processing the power usage measured during the dequeue process against the power target to identify the power delta; and
in the storage controller, identifying the different estimated access time (EAT) weighting factor that reduces the power usage to below the power target for further dequeue processes from a data structure relating estimated power levels to transaction queue depths.

13. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:
in a power monitor, measuring the power usage by the data storage device during storage operations; and
in the storage controller, processing the power usage against the power target to adjust dequeue sequencing for the transaction queue to alter read/write head seek behavior of the data storage device and reduce the power usage to within the power target.

14. The method of claim 9 , wherein the power control instruction comprises a limit on at least one of a power dissipation or current draw for the data storage device.

15. The method of claim 9 , wherein the power target is indicated as a desired current for a specified supply voltage of the data storage device.

16. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:
executing the storage operations in accordance with the dequeue process.

17. A data storage device, comprising:
rotating storage media configured to store data for later retrieval using one or more read/write heads;
an input queue configured to enqueue storage operations received over a host interface of the data storage device for storage and retrieval of data on the storage media;
a power monitor configured to measure power usage by the data storage device during the storage operations;
a storage processor configured to:
process at least a power target to establish dequeue sequencing for storage operations in the input queue which operates the data storage device within the power target;
execute the storage operations in accordance with the dequeue sequencing; and
process the power usage against the power target to adjust the dequeue sequencing for the input queue to alter seek behavior of the one or more read/write heads of the data storage device and reduce the power usage to within the power target.

18. A data storage device, comprising:
storage media configured to store data for later retrieval;
a transaction queue configured to enqueue storage operations received over a host interface of the data storage device for storage and retrieval of data on the storage media; and
a storage controller configured to:
process at least a power control instruction received over the host interface to establish a dequeue process for storage operations in the transaction queue which operates the data storage device within a power target indicated by the power control instruction;
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Assignees

• HGST Netherlands BV
• Western Digital Tech Inc

Inventors

• Bass Jr Carl Dexter
• Donaldson James Eddy
• Sabrina Sim Cherng Yi
• Vu Hung M

Classifications

• G06F3/0653

  Monitoring storage devices or systems · CPC title

• G06F3/0673

  Single storage device · CPC title

• G06F3/0625 Primary

  Power saving in storage systems · CPC title

• Y02D10/00

  Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management · CPC title

• G06F3/0676

  Magnetic disk device · CPC title