Shutdown Policies for MEMS-Based Storage Devices -- Analytical Models
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چکیده
MEMS-based storage devices should be energy efficient for deployment in mobile systems. Since MEMS-based storage devices have a moving media sled, they should be shut down during periods of inactivity. However, shutdown costs energy, limiting the applicability of aggressive shutdown decisions. The media sled in MEMS-based storage devices is suspended by springs. We introduce a policy that exploits the spring structure to reduce the shutdown energy. As a result, the aggressiveness of the shutdown decisions can be increased, reducing the energy consumption. This report devises analytical models of the shutdown time and energy of this policy.
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