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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2003
Hiroshi Uchida, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Tetsuo Semba, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Tomoyuki Oyama, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Abstract
A method and system to provide a command queue re-ordering method that can make the power save and reduction in acoustic noise. The command queue re-ordering method involves calculating the value of an evaluation function, Ev=A×T+(1−A)×Fun(L) (A is any number from 0 to 1, T is a latency required to execute a write command and/or read command, and Fun(L) is an evaluation function with a seek distance L) for the write command and/or read command, and selecting the write command and/or read command having the minimum value as a next command to be execute.