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Storage control apparatus and storage control method

US9183136B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 16, 2012
Grant dateNov 10, 2015
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Expiry dateFeb 9, 2034

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F12/0246
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A storage control apparatus comprises a storage unit, an association unit, and an execution unit. The storage unit stores association information showing multiple physical chunks which are configured in a physical address space of a nonvolatile semiconductor memory, multiple logical storage areas which are configured in a logical address space of the nonvolatile semiconductor memory, multiple logical chunks which are respectively associated with the multiple physical chunks, and an association between a logical storage area and a logical chunk. The association unit changes the association by changing the association information in accordance with a state of the nonvolatile semiconductor memory, and identifies based on the association information a physical storage area corresponding to a logical storage area specified in an input/output request from a computer. The execution unit executes the input/output request with respect to the identified physical storage area.

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