STORAGE APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM INCLUDING STORAGE APPARATUS

摘要

A storage apparatus comprises a plurality of storage devices that form a storage volume, a data buffer, and a first control unit that controls the storage apparatus and the data buffer. Each storage device includes a nonvolatile memory that includes a plurality of erasable memory blocks, and a second control unit that controls the nonvolatile memory. The second control unit is configured to execute a garbage collection process. The first control unit is configured to save in the data buffer data received by the storage apparatus for storage in a particular storage device when the data are received during a time period in which the particular storage devices is executing a garbage collection process, and write the data that are saved in the data buffer into the particular one of the plurality of storage devices after the garbage collection process is completed.

主权项

1. A storage apparatus comprising:
a plurality of storage devices that form a storage volume; a data buffer; and a first control unit that controls the storage devices and the data buffer, wherein each of the plurality of storage devices includes a nonvolatile memory that includes a plurality of erasable memory blocks, and a second control unit that controls the nonvolatile memory, wherein the second control unit is configured to execute a garbage collection process, and wherein the first control unit is configured to save in the data buffer data received by the storage apparatus for storage in a particular one of the plurality of storage devices when the data are received during a time period in which the particular one of the plurality of storage devices is executing a garbage collection process, and write the data that are saved in the data buffer into the particular one of the plurality of storage devices after the garbage collection process is completed.