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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2013
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuo Ohya, Tokyo, JP;
Dimas Rinarsoputro, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
According to one embodiment, a drive control device includes a monitor, data memory and a controller. The monitor monitors an operating state of a solid-state drive and detects whether the solid-state drive is busy. The data memory is capable of holding temporarily a write target data which should be written to the solid-state drive or a read target data which was read from the solid-state drive and should be transmitted to a requestor. The controller which writes the write target data to the data memory when the controller receives a write request and the monitor detects that the solid-state drive is busy, and which writes the write target data held in the data memory to the solid-state drive after the solid-state drive becomes not busy.