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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 09, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yasushi Ayaki, Neyagawa, JP;
Junichi Komeno, Osaka, JP;
Toshiharu Koshino, Kadoma, JP;
Yoshitaka Yaguchi, Osaka, JP;
Tsukasa Yoshiura, Hirakata, JP;
Yuji Nagaishi, Daitou, JP;
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/38 ; G06F 1/314 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/38 ; G06F 1/314 ;
Abstract
A storage apparatus has input means for inputting an input/output execution time prediction request from an external system and determining means for predicting the execution time of the input/output request in response to the input/output execution time prediction request. The storage apparatus predicts the execution time of the input/output request and provides a response to the external system in response to the input/output execution time prediction request input from the external system.