Methods and structures for performing field flawscan to reduce
manufacturing costs of a dynamic mapped storage device. In a dynamic
mapped storage device in which all user supplied logical blocks are
dynamically mapped by the storage device controller to physical disk
blocks, features and aspects hereof permit flawscan testing of a storage
device to be completed substantially concurrently with processing write
requests for its intended application. A fraction of the storage device
may be certified by an initial flawscan performed during manufacturing
testing. Statistical sampling sufficient to assure a high probability of
achieving specified capacity may be performed to reduce manufacturing
time and costs in testing. Final flawscan of the remainder of the storage
locations may be performed substantially concurrently with processing of
write requests after the device is installed for its intended
application. Mapping features and aspects hereof allow the storage device
controller to perform flawscan and write operations concurrently.