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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2017
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa, JP;
Emi Cho, Yokohama, JP;
FUJITSU LIMITED, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A storage system includes a storage device including a first memory area and a second memory area, and a storage control apparatus configured to receive a first command requesting write of first data, cause the storage device to store the first data in the first memory area based on the first command, determine whether to cause the storage device to execute garbage collection on the first memory area based on a data amount of the first data, transmit a first instruction that instructs the storage device to execute the garbage collection on the first memory area, and cause the storage device to store second data in the second memory area when the garbage collection on the first memory area is being executed based on the first instruction and the processor receives a second command requesting write of the second data.