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Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2017

Filed:

Feb. 12, 2013
Applicant:

Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Naoko Yamamoto, Tokyo, JP;

Ken Tokoro, Tokyo, JP;

Yasuhiko Yamaguchi, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/12 (2016.01); G06F 12/08 (2016.01); G06F 13/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/122 (2013.01); G06F 12/0871 (2013.01); G06F 13/30 (2013.01); G06F 12/126 (2013.01); G06F 2212/50 (2013.01); G06F 2212/604 (2013.01);
Abstract

To improve response performance of a storage control device. A storage control deviceconnected to a host computerincludes: a communication unitA that receives a command, to which a priority is set, from the host computer; a command executing unitB that executes the command received from the communication unit according to the priority; a cache memoryC that is used by the command executing unit; a cache controllerE that manages slots of the cache memory; and a plurality of storage devicesD() andD() that stores data used by the host computer. The cache controller sets the priority to a slot that stores target data of the command and controls the data stored in the slot according to the priority.


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