System and method for persistent memory rotation based on remaining write endurance

1. A method comprising:

reading, by a basic input/output system (BIOS) of an information handling system, a percentage remaining of a flash write endurance of each of a plurality of persistent memory devices, including a first percentage remaining of a first persistent memory device and a second percentage remaining of a second persistent memory device;

determining, by the BIOS, whether the first percentage remaining of the first persistent memory device satisfies a threshold percentage;

determining, by the BIOS, whether the second percentage remaining of the second persistent memory device satisfies the threshold percentage;

in response to the first percentage remaining of the first persistent memory device satisfying the threshold percentage and the second percentage remaining of the second persistent memory device not satisfying the threshold percentage, providing a message with a plurality of options including do nothing, swap namespaces between memory devices, and overwrite namespaces in the second persistent memory device with namespaces from the first persistent memory device;

in response to receiving a selection of overwrite the namespaces in the second persistent memory device with the namespaces from the first persistent memory device, overwriting the namespaces within the second persistent memory device with the namespaces from the first persistent memory device; and

providing, by the BIOS, a first message recommending that the first persistent memory device be replaced.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

generating a table to store information associated with the persistent memory devices; and

during a boot process of the information handling system, updating, by the BIOS, the information in the table to include a current percentage remaining for each of the persistent memory devices.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the information for each persistent memory device includes a memory mode, percent remaining, a slot location, an interleave set, and namespace information.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

in response to the persistent memory devices being configured in a AppDirect mode:

determining persistent memory devices in a first interleave set with the first persistent memory device;

determining a second interleave set with an equal number of persistent memory devices and with a same amount of total memory capacity as the first interleave set; and

recommending swapping persistent memory devices between the first interleave set and the second interleave set.

5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising:

performing a backup of data in both the first interleave set and the second interleave set;

performing a backup of namespaces of both the first interleave set and the second interleave set; and

swapping the persistent memory devices between the first interleave set and the second interleave set.

6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:

recreating the namespaces of the first interleave set and the second interleave set; and

restoring the data in the persistent memory devices of the first interleave set and the second interleave set.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

remapping, by a memory controller of the information handling system, an access request from the first persistent memory device to the second persistent memory device,

wherein the access request is to read or write data to the first persistent memory device.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second persistent memory device is a new persistent memory device of the information handling system.

9. An information handling system comprising:

a plurality of persistent memory devices including first and second persistent memory devices; and

a basic input/output system (BIOS) that during a power-on self-test (POST) of the information handling system: reads a percentage remaining of a flash write endurance of each of the persistent memory devices, including a first percentage remaining of the first persistent memory device and a second percentage remaining of the second persistent memory device; determines whether the first percentage remaining of the first persistent memory device satisfies a threshold percentage;

determines whether the second percentage remaining of the second persistent memory device satisfies the threshold percentage; in response to the first percentage remaining of the first persistent memory device satisfying the threshold percentage and the second percentage remaining of the second persistent memory device not satisfying the threshold percentage, providing a message with a plurality of options including do nothing, swap namespaces between memory devices, and overwrite namespaces in the second persistent memory device with namespaces from the first persistent memory device; in response to receiving a selection of overwrite the namespaces in the second persistent memory device with the namespaces from the first persistent memory device, overwrites the namespaces within the second persistent memory device with the namespaces from the first persistent memory device; and provides a first message recommending that the first persistent memory device be replaced.

10. The information handling system of claim 9 , wherein the BIOS further: generates a table to store information associated with the persistent memory devices; and during a boot process of the information handling system, updates the information in the table to include a current percentage remaining for each of the persistent memory devices.

11. The information handling system of claim 10 , wherein the information for each persistent memory device includes a memory mode, percent remaining, a slot location, an interleave set, and namespace information.

12. The information handling system of claim 9 , in response to the persistent memory devices being configured in a AppDirect mode: the BIOS determines persistent memory devices in a first interleave set with the first persistent memory device, determines a second interleave set with an equal number of persistent memory devices and with a same amount of total memory capacity as the first interleave set, and recommends swapping persistent memory devices between the first interleave set and the second interleave set.

13. The information handling system of claim 12 , the BIOS further: performs a backup of data in both the first interleave set and the second interleave set, performs a backup of namespaces of both the first interleave set and the second interleave set; and swaps the persistent memory devices between the first interleave set and the second interleave set.

14. The information handling system of claim 13 , the BIOS further: recreates the namespaces of the first interleave set and the second interleave set; and restores the data in the persistent memory devices of the first interleave set and the second interleave set.

15. The information handling system of claim 9 , further comprising:

a memory controller in communication with the persistent memory devices, the memory controller remaps an access request from the first persistent memory device to the second persistent memory device, wherein the access request is to read or write data to the first persistent memory device.

16. The information handling system of claim 9 , wherein the first persistent memory device is replaced with a new persistent memory device of the information handling system.

17. A method comprising:

reading, by a basic input/output system (BIOS) of an information handling system, a percentage remaining of a flash write endurance of each of a plurality of persistent memory devices, including a first percentage remaining of the flash write endurance of a first persistent memory device;

determining, by the BIOS, all persistent memory devices in a first interleave set with the first persistent memory device;

determining, by the BIOS, that each percentage remaining of the flash write endurance of at least one persistent memory device within the first interleave set does not exceed the first percentage remaining of the flash write endurance of the first persistent memory device;

determining a second interleave set with an equal number of persistent memory devices and with a same amount of total memory capacity as the first interleave set;

determining each percentage remaining of the flash write endurance of each persistent memory device within the second interleave set exceeds the first percentage remaining of the flash write endurance of the first persistent memory device;

in response to the percentage remaining of the flash write endurance of the at least one persistent memory device within the first interleave set not exceeding the first percentage remaining of the flash write endurance of the first persistent memory device, and in response to each percentage remaining of the flash write endurance of each persistent memory device within the second interleave set exceeding the first percentage remaining of the flash write endurance of the first persistent memory device, providing a message with a plurality of options including do nothing, swap namespaces between memory devices, and overwrite namespaces in the second persistent memory device with namespaces from the first persistent memory device;

in response to receiving a selection of overwrite the namespaces in the second interleave set with the namespaces from the first interleave set, overwriting all namespaces in the second interleave set with the namespaces from the first interleave set; and

erasing the namespaces from the first interleave set.

18. The method of claim 17 , further comprising:

generating a table to store information associated with the persistent memory devices; and

during a boot process of the information handling system, updating, by the BIOS, the information in the table to include a current percentage remaining for each of the persistent memory devices.

19. The method of claim 18 , wherein the information for each persistent memory device includes a memory mode, percent remaining, a slot location, an interleave set, and namespace information.

20. The method of claim 19 , further comprising:

determining, by the BIOS, whether the first percentage remaining satisfies a threshold percentage; and

in response to the first percentage remaining satisfying the threshold percentage, providing, by the BIOS, a first message recommending that the first persistent memory device is replaced with the second persistent memory device, wherein the second percentage remaining of the flash write endurance does not satisfy the threshold percentage.