| 摘要 |
<p>A size comparison unit 19 reports, to an access control unit 20, the size of a piece of compressed data having the smallest size from among pieces of compressed data generated via compression processing units 14A to 14D compressing blocks 12a, an algorithm name representing a compression processing unit 14 that has generated the piece of compressed data having the smallest size, and the like. Upon receipt of the report, the access control unit 20 selects a piece of compressed data to be written in a tape medium 30 and reports, to a statistical information processing unit 21, an algorithm name representing a compression processing unit 14 that has generated this selected piece of compressed data. The statistical information processing unit 21 extracts, from the reported algorithm name, a regularity present in a result of the selection of compressed data and, in accordance with this extracted regularity, specifies and stops a compression processing unit 14 to be stopped. As a result, it is possible to ensure the generation of optimum compressed data and to limit the power consumption more effectively by stopping the compression processing unit 14.
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