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Improving file system performance and reliability of car digital video recorders

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Abstract

Car digital video recorders (DVRs) store realtime audio/video data at flash memory storage device. Car DVR should handle a large amount of high quality multimedia data with high reliability. However, current file systems are vulnerable to sudden-power-offs and flash memory errors. This paper proposes flash-aware cluster allocation techniques and a flash-aware journaling technique. The flash-aware cluster allocation techniques can reduce the probability of file system corruptions and file fragmentations. The flash-aware journaling technique can ensure the file system consistency without significant overheads. Experiments on a simulator and a real system showed that the proposed techniques can prevent file fragmentations and file system corruptions, and they can improve the write performance and lifetime of SD card significantly.

Original languageEnglish
Article number7150597
Pages (from-to)222-229
Number of pages8
JournalIEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics
Volume61
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - May 2015

Keywords

  • Car digital video recorder
  • Cluster allocation
  • FAT file system
  • Flash-aware journaling

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