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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2009
Taro Iketaki, Tachikawa, JP;
Akio Mizuno, Ome, JP;
Yasuhiko Ichikawa, Fussa, JP;
Takao Aoki, Hanno, JP;
Taro Iketaki, Tachikawa, JP;
Akio Mizuno, Ome, JP;
Yasuhiko Ichikawa, Fussa, JP;
Takao Aoki, Hanno, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
According to one embodiment, the controller controls a data refresh operation. The data refresh operation comprises a refresh-data read operation of reading L blocks of data by a head from a track to be refreshed on a disk, a data backup-write operation of writing the read data by the head to a backup-track on the disk, and a refresh-write operation of writing the read data by the head to the track to be refreshed after the backup-write operation. The controller sets the number L of blocks to a value that satisfies conditions for completing the backup-write operation and the refresh-write operation within a time corresponding to N revolutions of the disk from completion of the refresh-data read operation.