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In one embodiment, a storage client 110 communicates with the storage controller 102 through a host interface comprising a direct interface. In this embodiment, the storage device directly exchanges information specific to non-volatile storage devices. "Non-volatile storage device" refers to any hardware, device, component, element, or circuit configured to maintain an alterable physical characteristic used to represent a binary value of zero or one after a primary power source is removed. Examples of a non-volatile storage device include, but are not limited to, a hard disk drive (HDD), Solid-State Drive (SSD), non-volatile memory media, and the like.

Added by DJM 12 2021