This paper presents a set of models dedicated to describe a flash storage
subsystem structure, functions, performance and power consumption behaviors.
These models cover a large range of today's NAND flash memory applications.
They are designed to be implemented in simulation tools allowing to estimate
and compare performance and power consumption of I/O requests on flash memory
based storage systems. Such tools can also help in designing and validating new
flash storage systems and management mechanisms. This work is integrated in a
global project aiming to build a framework simulating complex flash storage
hierarchies for performance and power consumption analysis. This tool will be
highly configurable and modular with various levels of usage complexity
according to the required aim: from a software user point of view for
simulating storage systems, to a developer point of view for designing, testing
and validating new flash storage management systems