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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2019
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Tsunahito Nakashita, Abiko, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus includes a master storage that is a nonvolatile semiconductor memory, a slave storage that is a nonvolatile semiconductor memory, a determination unit configured to determine a free storage area of the master storage, an instruction unit configured to provide an instruction to write dummy data into the area determined by the determination unit, and a control unit configured to perform one of rebuild control to rebuild the slave storage on a basis of the master storage and mirroring control on the master storage and the slave storage. The instruction unit provides an instruction to write dummy data into the free area before the control unit performs rebuild control.