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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2006
Masakazu Satoh, Tokyo, JP;
Kazunari Suzuki, Chiba, JP;
Masakazu Satoh, Tokyo, JP;
Kazunari Suzuki, Chiba, JP;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for controlling a transmission of data from a first storage device to a second storage device. The first storage device includes a recording unit for recording the data, a buffer for temporarily storing the data read from the recording unit, and a transmission unit for transmitting the data read from the buffer. It is determined that sufficient buffer space in the buffer is not available for the transmission of the data in a predetermined time interval. It is ascertained whether a transmission error exists in a communication line connecting the first storage device to the second storage device. If the transmission error exits, then the transmission unit is controlled to not perform the transmission of the data from the first storage device; otherwise the transmission unit is not controlled to not perform the transmission of the data from the first storage device.