A system, apparatus and product comprising: a multi-tenant layer that comprises shared resources, wherein the shared resources are accessible to multiple tenants of the storage system, wherein the shared resources comprise shared logic resources and shared data resources; and multiple single-tenant layers, wherein each single-tenant layer is associated with a respective tenant of the multiple tenants, wherein each single-tenant layer comprises a database and business logic of the respective tenant, wherein a multi-tenant encryption scheme is configured to enable secure communications with the multiple tenants without divulging sensitive information to the multi-tenant layer.

The electronic device includes a display, a memory, and a processor operatively coupled to the display and the memory. The processor is configured to identify a residual level of a storage space of the memory, in response to the residual level of the storage space of the memory being less than a predefined threshold value, control the display to display a file converting scheme list including a plurality of file converting schemes, select one file converting scheme among the plurality of file converting schemes, based on a received input, and perform file converting, based on the selected file converting scheme.

A processing device in a memory system identifies a first set of bits associated with a translation unit of a memory device, wherein the first set of bits correspond to a page field. The processing device identifies a second set of bits associated with the translation unit of the memory device, wherein the second set of bits corresponds to a block field. The processing device determines that a value representing a page number stored in the page field satisfies a threshold criterion. Responsive to determining that the value representing the page number satisfies the threshold criterion, the processing device determines a difference between the value representing the page number and a threshold value associated with the threshold criterion plurality of block stripes on a memory device. The processing device stores a value representing the difference as a plurality of bits of the second set of bits. The processing device stores a value representing a block number stored in the block field as a plurality of bits of the first set of bits.

A data storage device includes a memory device and a controller coupled to the memory device. The controller is configured to interact with a host device using Universal Flash Storage (UFS) interface protocols, provide a hint to the host device, switch between a first mode and a second mode, retrieve the data from the memory device, and deliver the data to the host device. The hint includes an indication of what order data will be received from the data storage device. The order of the data will be in a different order than a requested order after providing the hint.

Techniques for improving system performance based on data characteristics are disclosed. A system may receive updates to a first data set at a first frequency. The system selects a first storage configuration, from a plurality of storage configurations, for storing the first data set based on the first frequency, and stores the first data set in accordance with the first storage configuration. The system may further receive updates to a second data set at a second frequency. The system selects a second storage configuration, from the plurality of storage configurations, for storing the second data set based on the second frequency, and stores the second data set in accordance with the second storage configuration. The second storage configuration is different than the first storage configuration.

According to one embodiment, a memory system includes a first compression unit, a second compression unit, a non-volatile memory, a first decoding unit, a conversion unit and an output unit. The first compression unit is configured to output second data obtained by compressing first data. The second compression unit is configured to output third data obtained by compressing the second data. Fourth data based on the third data is written to the non-volatile memory. The first decoding unit is configured to decode the third data based on the fourth data to the second data. The conversion unit is configured to acquire fifth data by converting a format of the second data. The output unit is configured to output the fifth data to a host.

A multiple function storage device is disclosed. The multiple function storage device may include an enclosure, a storage device associated with the enclosure, and an bridging device associated with the enclosure. The storage device may include a connector to receive a first message using a first protocol originating at a host, a physical function (PF) and a virtual function (VF) exposed by the storage device via the connector, storage for data relating to the first message, and a controller to manage writing a write data to the storage and reading a read data from the storage. The bridging device may include an embedded network interface controller (eNIC) to receive a second message using a second protocol from the host, a write buffer to store the write data to be written to the storage device by the host, a read buffer to store the read data to be read from the storage device for the host, a bridge circuit to translate the second message using the second protocol into the first message using the first protocol, and a root port to identify the storage device and to transmit the first message to the VF. The bridging device may be configured to map the host to the VF.

Apparatus and methods are disclosed, including providing available data operations for the storage system processor to a host processor, identifying data operations to be performed by the storage system processor, and assigning identified data operations to the storage system processor to reduce bus traffic between the host processor and the storage system processor, to improve host processor performance, and to reduce energy use by the host processor.

A data transmission method and an apparatus used in a virtual switch technology are provided, and the method includes: receiving an IO request of a virtual machine VM for accessing a file or a disk, and When the IO request is to be sent to a physical NIC by using a user mode Open vSwitch (OVS), converting the IO request into an Internet Small Computer Systems Interface (iSCSI) command in a user mode, and then sending the iSCSI command to the user mode OVS, where the user mode OVS sends the iSCSI command to the physical NIC.

A storage system has a first memory, and a second memory that includes storage memory. The storage system has a processing device. The processing device is to select whether to write data to the first memory and write the data from the first memory to the second memory, or to write the data to the second memory bypassing the first memory. The processing device is to write portions of data for storage according to such selection.