An apparatus includes a component coupleable to a memory device. The component can be configured to analyze a plurality of sets of memory cells of the memory device to determine quality attributes associated with the plurality of sets of memory cells and assign grades to one or more sets of the memory cells based, at least in part, on the determined quality attributes. The component can be configured to allocate at least one of the plurality of sets of memory cells for use by the memory device based, at least in part, on the assigned grade associated with the one or more sets of the memory cells.