Patent ID: 6728850
Filing Date: 2004-04-27
Classification: G06F,G11B

Abstract:
A storage control device storing data sent from a host processor connected to communicate therewith, said storage control device comprising:means for storing a plurality of response times respectively corresponding to each of a plurality of storage devices, wherein data sent from said host processor is stored in one of said storage devices, and said response time of a storage device is a time required from when an input/output request from said host processor is received until when a processing result of said request is sent to said host processor; means for respectively storing one or a plurality of response-time upper limit values assigned respectively to one or a plurality of files to be stored in said storage devices; and means for comparing said upper limit value of a file to be stored with each of said response times of each said storage devices, and for determining a storage device from said plurality of storage devices for storing said file according to a result of said comparison.