US Patent 11243718 Data storage apparatus and operation method i'hereof

A data storage apparatus may include a first memory device comprising a first area in which write data from a host device are stored and a second area, a second memory device into which the write data stored in the first memory device are copied, a storage device, and a controller. The controller is configured to control data input/output for the first memory device, the second memory device and the storage device, wherein the controller comprises a cache manager configured to evict eviction target data from the second memory device by: storing the eviction target data into the storage device, and storing the eviction target data into the second area of the first memory device.