IP Library Patent Application 12571151
Patent Application
App. No. 12/571,151

STORAGE APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF STORAGE APPARATUS

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App. No.
12/571,151
Abstract

According to one embodiment, a storage apparatus includes: a storage medium configured to include a plurality of tracks; a head configured to write data to the storage medium; an auxiliary storage module configured to be able to store the data; and a controller configured to determine, during data writing, a write start position of the data, move the head to a track to which the data is to be written, start writing the data along the track when the head reaches the track, and store a piece of the data to be written between the write start position and the position where the data is started to be written into the auxiliary storage module.

Claims (11)

1 . A storage apparatus comprising:

a storage medium configured to include a plurality of tracks;

a head configured to write data to the storage medium;

an auxiliary storage module configured to be able to store the data; and

a controller configured to determine, during data writing, a write start position of the data, move the head to a track to which the data is to be written, start writing the data along the track when the head reaches the track, and store a piece of the data to be written between the write start position and the position where the data is started to be written into the auxiliary storage module.

2 . The storage apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the controller moves the data written into the auxiliary storage module to the storage medium.

3 . The storage apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the controller predicts the position on the storage medium where the data writing is to be started, and stores a piece of the data to be written between the write start position and the predicted position into the auxiliary storage module.

4 . A control method of a storage apparatus having a storage medium configured to include a plurality of tracks, a head configured to write data to the storage medium, and an auxiliary storage module configured to be able to store the data, the control method comprising:

determining a write start position of the data during data writing;

moving the head to a track to which the data is to be written; and

starting writing the data along the track when the head reaches the track, and storing a piece of the data to be written between the write start position and the position where the data is started to be written into the auxiliary storage module.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 23, 2009
From: FUJITSU LIMITED
To: TOSHIBA STORAGE DEVICE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 023558/0225 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 30, 2009
From: INOUE, HIROAKI
To: FUJITSU LIMITED
Reel/Frame 023309/0359 →