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This project presents a new technique for flash storage management called a Reverse-Indirect Flash File System (RIFFS). However, flash memories have a drawback: its data cannot be updated-in-place. To solve this limitation, the data is stored inside of the proper file. The solution was to construct a reverse-tree. This would be impracticable with the current systems, because it would not be possible to locate a file directly, from root directory. This schema would break the navigability of the system, and then a direct tree need to be constructed in RAM memory. This article shows the reverse-tree management schema to solve the limitations of flash memories. This solution helped to minimize extreme updates and write operations, increasing flash life-time.
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Pereira, M.T., Fröhlich, A.A., Marcondes, H. (2004). RIFFS: Reverse Indirect Flash File System. In: Yang, L.T., Guo, M., Gao, G.R., Jha, N.K. (eds) Embedded and Ubiquitous Computing. EUC 2004. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3207. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-30121-9_4
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