Design and Implementation of a Virtual Platform of Solid-State Disks

Author

Lee, Ying-Chieh ; Kuo, Chin-Ting ; Chang, Li-Pin

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Nat. Chiao-Tung Univ., Hsinchu, Taiwan

Volume

4

Issue

4

fYear

2012

Firstpage

90

Lastpage

93

Abstract

This letter presents a virtual platform of solid-state disks (SSDs). Using a set of programming interfaces, users can quickly assemble an SSD based on their preferred flash chip organization and flash management algorithm, and a virtual disk then appears in the host system as a logical instance of the SSD. Unlike previous SSD simulation tools, this virtual disk performs block read/write with realistic I/O latencies as if this simulated SSD was real. This virtual platform provides a swift way to SSD hardware and firmware prototyping, and it is also useful for future research on the paradigm of host-device interaction.

Keywords

firmware; flash memories; hard discs; user interfaces; virtual storage; SSD firmware prototyping; SSD hardware prototyping; SSD logical instance; SSD simulation tool; block read-write; flash chip organization; flash management algorithm; host system; host-device interaction; programming interface; realistic I/O latency; solid-state disks; virtual disk; virtual platform; Prototypes; Simulation; Virtual prototyping; Prototyping; simulation; solid-state disk;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Embedded Systems Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1943-0663

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LES.2012.2213795

Filename

6272317