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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 08, 1999
Yukiko Ito, Moriguchi, JP;
Tsutomu Tanaka, Nishinomiya, JP;
Masaaki Tamai, Moriguchi, JP;
Shinzo Doi, Hirakata, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A configuration managing part stores the number of storage devices and respective identifying information. An empty area managing part stores empty-block addresses for each storage device. A destination determining part recognizes the number of storage devices with the information stored by the configuration managing part, and fetches one or more empty-block addresses for specifying empty storage areas included in each storage device from the empty area managing part. The destination determining part then repeatedly rearranges the empty-block addresses at random to determine destination of data.