Improving Flash Storage Performance and Lifespan on Android Phones

Watch a technical conference talk from SNIA SDC 2022 exploring innovative strategies for enhancing flash storage performance and longevity on Android smartphones. Discover how Netflix engineers developed technology to convert small random I/O operations into large sequential ones, significantly impacting Android flash health and application performance. Learn about implemented optimization techniques including compression, deduplication, and SQLite database modifications that reduce storage footprint and leverage buffer cache effectively. Senior Software Engineer Tejas Chopra from Netflix demonstrates how these improvements affect common applications like Camera and App Store, addressing the challenges of wear leveling in flash storage devices used by over 130 million Android users worldwide.