Patent ID: 8862850

Claim:
A storage control method by a storage control apparatus connected to a plurality of access devices which access a portable record medium and a storage apparatus which temporarily stores data recorded on a plurality of portable record mediums for controlling data transfer via the plurality of access devices between the plurality of portable record mediums and the storage apparatus, the method comprising: accepting designation of export data that is to be written to a first portable record medium to be ejected, dividing the designated export data into first export data and second export data, the first export data being already in the storage apparatus, the second export data being in the second portable record mediums, but not in the storage apparatus, reading the second export data from the second portable record mediums into the storage apparatus, detecting a current amount of the first export data in the storage apparatus and a current amount of the second export data still unread from the second portable record mediums, and determining when to start writing the export data to the first portable record medium, based on the current amount of the first export data and the current amount of the second export data.