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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2013
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Ai Satoyama, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroaki Akutsu, Tokyo, JP;
Mikio Fukuoka, Tokyo, JP;
Eiju Katsuragi, Tokyo, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The storage apparatus has a control unit that includes: an identification unit that is configured to determine that a first data element contained in the data is incorrect, when a first restoration calculation first data element, which is restored from the first data element using other data elements of the data excluding the first data element and a new redundancy code obtained from the data by a first calculation method, coincides with a second restoration calculation first data element, which is restored from the first data element using the other data elements and a new redundancy code obtained from the data by a second calculation method; and a restoration unit that is configured to correct the first data element in the storage devices that is determined to be incorrect by the identification unit, to either the first restoration calculation first data element or the second restoration calculation first data element.