controller

  1.  [Hardware] A device or component of a system that performs a control function.
  2.  [Storage System] The control logic in an array, disk, or tape that performs command decoding and execution, host data transfer, serialization and deserialization of data, error detection and correction, and overall management of device operations.
  3. [Management] The control logic in a storage subsystem that performs command transformation and routing, aggregation (RAID, mirroring, striping, or other), high-level error recovery, and performance optimization for multiple storage devices.
  4. [NVMe] The interface between a host and an NVM subsystem.

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