I do know. Apparently you downvoted my sibling response to you as too simplistic, but I was clearly responding to someone where the embedded bare drive situatio

I do know. Apparently you downvoted my sibling response to you as too simplistic, but I was clearly responding to someone where the embedded bare drive situation is irrelevant. When it comes to what non bare flash drives do, you can start here: http://www.vldb.org/pvldb/vol13/p519-kakaraparthy.pdf http://www.vldb.org/pvldb/vol13/p519-kakaraparthy.pdf This paper is imperfect and the following citations are worth skimming. There's a cohort of similar papers chasing the same basic question in recent years that aren't densely cited amongst each other. Go here next: https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.461.932&rep=rep1&type=pdf https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.46... but note that's just a jumping off point to the more recent papers. It's hard to gain a full understanding of this layer because it's the basis of intense competition, hence held closely by controller manufacturers. I'm far from world expert on this, but have read a lot about it and can answer with what I know to the best of my ability.