Patent ID: 8819364
Filing Date: 2014-08-26
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An information processing apparatus comprising a processor configured to perform a procedure including: acquiring access information indicating a state of access to a volume of a disk device at least for data read; acquiring an operation instruction made to a tape device regarding a backup of data to a magnetic tape of the tape device; detecting a volume in which a sequential read is being performed, on the basis of the acquired access information at a time of acquisition of the operation instruction, the detected volume being a storage area in the disk device; determining the detected volume as a backup source volume in the disk device for the backup of the data to the magnetic tape specified in the operation instruction, the backup being currently performed; and causing the tape device to delay responding to another operation instruction acquired during the backup being currently performed for a predetermined delay time after completion of an operation in accordance with said another operation instruction.