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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2011
Hiroshi Okamoto, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiroshi Okamoto, Kawasaki, JP;
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A storage apparatus includes a written state bit map memory that stores a written state bit map that includes bits each allocated to one of partial areas of a storage device for storing write management information indicating whether written data is present in a partial area of the storage device that is allocated to one of the bits, a bit map management section, when data is written into a partial area of the storage device in response to a write request from the host apparatus, that sets a value indicating that the data is written into the partial area to a bit allocated to the partial area in which the data is written, and a patrolling process section for performing a patrolling process on the partial areas of the storage device on the basis of the write management information stored in the written state bit map memory.
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