1. A method implemented on a computing host processing system, the method comprising: uploading device-specific wear algorithm code to the host processing system from a storage device coupled to the host processing system; and configuring the device-specific wear algorithm code for execution on the host processing system, wherein said host processing system comprises an operating system that is executed on said host processing system, said operating system is configured to access said storage device via a device driver for said storage device, said storage device also comprises an integrated wear algorithm provided by a manufacturer of the storage device and configured for execution on the storage device, said integrated wear algorithm is not uploaded to the host processing system, said device-specific wear algorithm code is specific to a type of said storage device, said device-specific wear algorithm code is configured to be used to access said storage device, and said device-specific wear algorithm code is at least a portion of a wear algorithm.