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The storage management layer 130 comprises and/or is communicatively coupled to one or more non-volatile memory devices 120A-N. The non-volatile memory devices 120A-N may include different types of non-volatile memory devices including, but not limited to: solid-state storage devices, hard drives, SAN storage resources, or the like. The non-volatile memory devices 120A-N may comprise respective non-volatile memory media controllers 126A-N and non-volatile memory media 122A-N. As illustrated in FIG. 1B, The SML 130 may provide access to the non-volatile memory devices 120A-N via a traditional block I/O interface 131. Additionally, the SML 130 may provide access to enhanced functionality (large, virtual address space) through the SML interface 132. The metadata 135 may be used to manage and/or track storage operations performed through any of the Block I/O interface 131, SML interface 132, cache interface 133, or other, related interfaces.

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