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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 1993
Filed:
Sep. 10, 1990
Akira Yamamoto, Sagamihara, JP;
Hiroyuki Kitajima, Yokohama, JP;
Akira Kurano, Odawara, JP;
Michio Miyazaki, Odawara, JP;
Masafumi Nozawa, Odawara, JP;
Takikazu Takeuchi, Odawara, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Buffers are separately provided for a region for non-sequential transfer and for a region for sequential transfer in each one of the disk units. A director sends a message to inform at least one of the disk units whether transfer of data the respective disk units are to make is sequential or non-sequential. When the disk unit receives a non-sequential transfer request, it uses the buffer region for non-sequential transfer to transfer data requested by the director and when it receives a sequential transfer request, it uses a plurality of buffer regions for the sequential transfer. Thus, data transfer is performed between a host device and that disk unit.