| 摘要 |
<p>A storage area management apparatus capable of preventing a particular one or ones of storage units of upper apparatuses from being concentratedly accessed, thereby equalizing remaining lifetimes of the storage units. The management apparatus is connected to upper apparatuses through a network, computes lifetime values representing lifetimes of provided areas respectively provided from the storage units of the upper apparatuses, and controls the upper apparatuses based on the computed lifetime values such that provided areas having longer remaining lifetimes are used for data storage with higher priorities.</p> |
