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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2009
Takashi Chikusa, Odawara, JP;
Issei Hidaka, Yokohama, JP;
Hironori Nakama, Odawara, JP;
Masashi Yukawa, Odawara, JP;
Takashi Chikusa, Odawara, JP;
Issei Hidaka, Yokohama, JP;
Hironori Nakama, Odawara, JP;
Masashi Yukawa, Odawara, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A storage control system including an overlap retrieval arrangement for retrieving overlap files, which are stored in at least one storage area of a plurality of storage areas, and which overlap one another, and a storage controlling arrangement for storing data of at least one overlapped part of the retrieved overlap files in a storage area having reliability that is greater than that of the storage area in which the data of this overlapped part is stored. A large number of files are stored in a plurality of storage areas, and the overlap retrieval arrangement retrieves overlap files from among a number of files, which is smaller than the number of stored files.