Managing the amount of data according to batch writing size and to update count, which increases with erase-block size and depends on the type of flash memory

摘要

A recording apparatus includes: a type detecting section that detects a type of storage medium (HDD, various Flash memory types); an erase-block size detecting section that detects an erase-block size of the storage medium; a recording section that records desired data to a data area in the storage medium and records management information of the data area to a management area in the storage medium in a FAT file system; and a control section that controls the recording section by issuing a command to the recording section, on the basis of results of the detection.
Each time a certain amount of data is recorded to the data area, the control section updates the management information in accordance with the recording.
When the storage medium is a flash memory, in which recorded data is updated for each erase-block size, the control section increases the certain amount of data according to an increase in the erase-block size.