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As data flows through the IO path (compression→encryption→write-to-flash and read-from-flash→decryption→decompression) how does each write and read IO request get handled?

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As data flows through the IO path (compression→encryption→write-to-flash and read-from-flash→decryption→decompression) how does each write and read IO request get handled?

Category: Hardware compression

That’s pretty much the flow! The drive receives a write IO, performs compression and collation to create page-aligned blocks of data, encrypts the data and then writes it. The process is reversed on reads (decrypt, decompress, send to host).

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