1. A method comprising: issuing a search request to a memory being searched, wherein the search request is initiated by a predetermined bit set in a logical block address field of a write command transmitted to the memory, and wherein the logical block address field further includes bits indicating information to initiate the search request, such that the logical block address field in the write command includes the predetermined bit and the bits indicating the information to initiate the search request in place of a logical block address; receiving an indication from the memory that a search of a database stored in the memory, initiated responsive to the information to initiate the search request, has been completed or that search results have been found; when the search results have been found, retrieving the search results from data buffers in the memory in response to the indication and relinquishing the data buffers for use by the memory when the data buffers are empty; and accessing the memory with read or write commands simultaneous with the search being performed by the memory according to the search request.