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In one embodiment, where the storage device/solid-state storage device controller 202 manages multiple data storage devices/solid-state storage media 110a-n, the master controller 224 divides the work load among internal controllers, such as the solid-state storage controllers 104a-n. For example, the master controller 224 may divide an object to be written to the data storage devices (e.g. solid-state storage media 110a-n) so that a portion of the object is stored on each of the attached data storage devices. This feature is a performance enhancement allowing quicker storage and access to an object. In one embodiment, the master controller 224 is implemented using an FPGA. In another embodiment, the firmware within the master controller 224 may be updated through the management bus 236, the system bus 240 over a network connected to a NIC 244 or other device connected to the system bus 240.

Added by DJM 3 2021