Patent ID: 6408359
Filing Date: 2002-06-18
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A storage device management system for distributively storing data-blocks to a plurality of storage devices, wherein data is divided into the data-blocks which are stored in the plurality of storage devices, and wherein each of the plurality of storage devices is provided with a different first identifier, said storage device management system comprising:a configuration managing part for storing the first identifiers which identify each of the plurality of storage devices; an empty area managing part for storing an address of an empty area for each of the plurality of storage devices into which the data-blocks can be written; and a destination determining part for determining destinations of the data-blocks by creating a set of the first identifier and the address of the empty area for each of the plurality of storage devices by fetching the first identifiers from said configuration managing part and fetching the addresses of the empty areas from said empty area managing part to obtain an order of sets, and randomly rearranging the order of the sets.