Patent ID: 6918054
Filing Date: 2005-07-12
Classification: G06F,G11B

Abstract:
1. A control method of a storage apparatus including a storage medium in which data transmitted to and received from a higher-rank apparatus are stored comprising the steps of: setting, for each of a plurality of access commands for reading or writing data from or to said storage apparatus, a number of times of retrying operations as a parameter of said access command; and forwarding said access command from said higher-rank apparatus to said storage apparatus; wherein said access command includes a first storage field in which an operation code for instructing said access command is set and a second storage field in which said number of times of retrying operations is set; and wherein said data are management data, image data or audio data and said number of times of retrying operations for said image data or said audio data is made smaller than said number of times of retrying operations for said management data.