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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2003
Applicants:
Katsuyoshi Suzuki, Odawara, JP;
Akihisa Hirasawa, Odawara, JP;
Inventors:
Katsuyoshi Suzuki, Odawara, JP;
Akihisa Hirasawa, Odawara, JP;
Assignee:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus includes a controller and a plurality of disk drives. The controller has a communication control unit for accepting a data input/output request, a disk controller unit for controlling a disk drive, and a cache memory for temporarily storing data transferred between the communication control unit and the disk controller unit. The plurality of disk drives has different communication interfaces and connected to the disk controller unit to communicate with the disk controller unit.