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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 20, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Akira Ban, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroshi Ichii, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/200 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/200 ;
Abstract
When a write access is received from an upper apparatus, a cache control unit develops write data into a data buffer area in a memory, notifies the upper apparatus of a normal end, and thereafter, writes the write data developed into the data buffer area onto a storing medium. An access kind discriminating unit analyzes whether the write access from the host is a sequential access or a random access. A buffer construction control unit selects a data buffer construction of the optimum number of sections in accordance with an access kind and executes the caching operation.