Data storage device having improved read failure tolerance

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9842622
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14582143

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Systems and methods for improving read failure tolerance during read-modify-write operations of data storage systems accommodating a host that uses a logical sector of a size smaller than the physical sector size of the data storage system. In one embodiment, the data storage system can perform sector indirection in response to a read error during a read-modify-write command.

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  • WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

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Burton, Scott E Westminster, US 11 208
Monroe, Albert Longmont, US 1 2

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