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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2016

Filed:

Jul. 19, 2013
Applicant:

Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa, JP;

Inventors:

Toshihiko Suzuki, Kawasaki, JP;

Hidenori Takahashi, Yokohama, JP;

Emi Cho, Yokohama, JP;

Assignee:

FUJITSU LIMITED, Kawasaki, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/02 (2006.01); G06F 12/08 (2016.01); G06F 11/34 (2006.01); G06F 11/20 (2006.01); G06F 11/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/0866 (2013.01); G06F 11/2071 (2013.01); G06F 11/3485 (2013.01); G06F 12/0246 (2013.01); G06F 12/0871 (2013.01); G06F 11/108 (2013.01); G06F 11/3409 (2013.01); G06F 12/0253 (2013.01); G06F 2201/81 (2013.01); G06F 2201/88 (2013.01); G06F 2201/885 (2013.01); G06F 2212/1016 (2013.01); G06F 2212/284 (2013.01); G06F 2212/312 (2013.01); G06F 2212/7208 (2013.01);
Abstract

According to an aspect of the present invention, provided is a storage apparatus including a plurality of solid state drives (SSDs) and a processor. The SSDs store data in a redundant manner. The processor controls a reading process of reading data from an SSD and a writing process of writing data into an SSD. The processor controls an internal process, which is performed during the writing process, to be performed in each of the SSDs when any one of the SSDs satisfies a predetermined condition.


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