Patent ID: 8665542
Filing Date: 2014-03-04
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A device, comprising: a buffer; logic adapted to accumulate data sent from a higher order device in the buffer; logic adapted to, in response to a command sent from the higher order device, selectively perform either: an acquisition component adapted to acquire a first volume of first data, at a time that the first data has been written to the regular recording region, by either the first operation or the second operation having been performed in response to the command; a prediction component adapted to predict a second volume of second data to be written in response to a command which is sent after the first data has been written to the regular recording region; a judgment component adapted to judge whether or not the first volume acquired by the acquisition component exceeds a first threshold, and to judge whether or not the second volume predicted by the prediction component exceeds a second threshold; and a control component adapted to: