Patent ID: 8065482
Filing Date: 2011-11-22
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A storage device configured to be controlled by a control device, the storage device comprising: a memory element; a size storage unit that stores a block size indicating a size of a block that is a unit of access predetermined for the memory element; a data storage unit capable of storing data of a block size; a buffering unit capable of executing buffer processing configured to store data received from the control device into the data storage unit, and to write data stored in the data storage unit into the memory element; a stripe-size receiving unit that receives from the control device a stripe size indicating a size of a unit of access during access to the memory element by the control device; and a determining unit that determines whether the stripe size is n times of the block size, where n is a positive integer, wherein the buffering unit does not executes the buffer processing when the stripe size is n times of the block size.