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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2012
Applicant:
Takehiko Kurashige, Ome, JP;
Inventor:
Takehiko Kurashige, Ome, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a controller and a cache module. The controller is configured to issue commands for a first storage device and a second storage device, and thereby perform data transmission. The cache module is configured to use the first storage device as a read cache of the second storage device, the cache module withholding issuance of a write command to write cache data in the first storage device to the controller, when commands issued by the controller to the first storage device exceed a preset number, until the issued commands becomes equal to or less than the preset number.