Patent ID: 6898610
Filing Date: 2005-05-24
Classification: G11B,Y10S

Abstract:
1. apparatus for the storage of a first group and a second group of data on at least one machine readable storage medium, the apparatus comprising: a storage space allocator configured to partition the first storage medium into a first segment and a second segment; a comparer configured to compare the space needed to store the first group of data with the amount of space available on the first segment and to compare the space needed to store the second group of data with the amount of space available on the second segment; a separator configured to separate the first group of data into a first primary portion and a first secondary portion if the space needed to store the first group of data is greater than the amount of space available on the first segment, and to separate the second group of data into a second primary portion and a second secondary portion if the space needed to store the second group of data is greater than the amount of space available on the second segment; and a storer configured to store the first group of data onto each first segment and to store the second group of data onto each second segment, and if the space needed to store the first group of data is greater than the amount of space available on the first segment, the storer is configured to store the first primary portion onto the first segment of the first storage medium and the second primary portion onto the first segment of the second storage medium, and if the space needed to store the second group of data is greater than the amount of space available on the second segment, the storer is configured to store the second primary portion onto the second segment of the first storage medium and the second secondary portion onto the second segment of the second storage medium.