Patent ID: 8793455
Filing Date: 2014-07-29
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A storage apparatus, comprising: a memory that stores data groups, each of the data groups being divided into a first area in which data from an information processing apparatus is written, a second area in which data from the information processing apparatus is not written, and a third area in which area information indicating positions of the first area and the second area is written; a copy data generating unit that removes the second area based on the area information and generates copy data groups from the data groups based on the data written in the first area and the area information written to the third area; a rearranging unit that rearranges a transmission group order of the copy data groups generated by the copy data generating unit based on each of storage positions in a storage device provided in a copy destination storage apparatus in which each of the copy data groups is to be stored; and