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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2002
Yoshiyuki Okada, Kawasaki, JP;
Masanaga Tokuyo, Kawasaki, JP;
Shigeru Yoshida, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiroyuki Shimoi, Kawasaki, JP;
Naoaki Okayasu, Kawasaki, JP;
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus and method include allocating a compressed segment representing data that is obtained by assembling pieces of the data requested to write, and compressing the assembled data to a compression sector representing a block; changing, when updating content of the compressed segment in the compression sector recorded in said disk storage device, an area storing the compressed segment corresponding to an updating target into an invalid data area; comparing a size of the invalid data area in the compression sector recorded in said disk storage device with a preset fiducial value; and reading, from the disk storage device when the size of invalid data is larger than the preset fiducial value with respect to a certain compression sector, all of the compressed segments, exclusive of the invalid data, being allocated to the certain compression sector releasing a storage area of the storage device recording the certain compression sector.