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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2016
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshihiro Ozawa, Yokohama, JP;
FUJITSU LIMITED, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A storage controller is coupled to a plurality of storage devices, the storage controller is configured to receive a first write request of data, determine a first time when the first write request is received, specify, based on the first time, a first storage device included in the plurality of storage devices, write the data into the first storage device, receive a read request for the data, determine a second time when the read request is received, specify a second storage device included in the plurality of storage devices, wherein, in anticipation of a second write request received at the second time, the processor specifies the second storage device based on the second time, determine whether the first storage device is identical to the second storage device, and not read the data from the first storage device when the first storage device is identical to the second storage device.