DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DATA OUTPUT AND DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DATA INPUT/OUTPUT

摘要

This invention relates to data input/output apparatus and the like, which are suitable to be applied to an AV server. As nonlinear accessible storage medium, there is provided with HDD array device (13). When a controller (11) of an AV server (10) receives a command for reproducing data from a minimum of two discontinuous areas in the HDD array device (13) in a first order, the HDD array device (13) then puts the command in an order such that a period of time for access is minimal to reads the data so that the read data are rearranged in the first order to be outputted through decoders (15) to (18). Thereby, the efficiency of data transfer is improved without complications. <IMAGE>