Patent ID: 11875829
Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 10:
11. A reordering method applied to a magnetic disk device which includes a first disk, a second disk, a first head which writes data to the first disk and reads data from the first disk, a second head which writes data to the second disk and reads data from the second disk, a first actuator including the first head, a second actuator including the second head, and a controller which performs a first reordering process for a command stored in a first queue corresponding to the first actuator and performs a second reordering process for a command stored in a second queue corresponding to the second actuator, the method comprising:
selecting a first command to be executed next by the first actuator based on current and future operating states of the second actuator; and
executing the first command.