Patent ID: 9262081
Filing Date: 2016-02-16
CPC Classification: G06F,G11B

Claim Text:
1. A method for reading a file from a plurality of media on which the file has been written, in a storage system including a plurality of drives connected to a host, and a buffer configured to temporarily hold data read from the plurality of drives, the method comprising: loading the plurality of media on which the file has been written to the plurality of drives to mount the plurality of media in the plurality of drives; reading a first data portion of the file from a first medium to the host, the first medium being a medium that takes a shortest time to move from a current position of a read head of a corresponding drive to a beginning position of the file; reading a second data portion of the file from a second medium and temporarily holding the second data portion in the buffer of the storage system in parallel with reading the first data portion from the first medium to the host; and reading and transmitting the held second data portion to the host to form the file.