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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2022
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Ken Iizawa, Yokohama, JP;
FUJITSU LIMITED, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A storage control apparatus controls a tape apparatus including a plurality of tape drives. The storage control apparatus is configured to calculate, when causing the tape apparatus to execute write processing of dividing write data into a predetermined size and writing to a plurality of magnetic tapes, a write start position of the write data for each of the plurality of magnetic tapes where the write start position being different in each of the plurality of magnetic tapes and instruct the tape apparatus with the write start positions, and specify, when a reading range is designated, a read start position indicating a head of data in the reading range for each magnetic tape, and instruct the tape apparatus to read data in the reading range in an order from a magnetic tape of which the read start position is closer to an end of the magnetic tape.