Patent ID: 7640394

Claim:
A storage apparatus comprising, a disk device including a recording medium for storing data; a controller unit configured to control the disk device; a setting unit configured to accept a setting operation for the disk device performed by a user and configure a setting according to the setting operation; a log information collection unit configured to collect, as log information, the setting operations accepted by the setting unit; a log information analysis unit configured to perform predetermined analysis processing on the setting operation based on the log information collected by the log information collection unit; and a log information storage unit configured to store the log information collected by the log information collection unit; wherein the log information analysis unit performs the predetermined analysis processing based on the log information stored in the log information storage unit, determines whether or not to permit the setting operation performed by the user based on the log information stored in the log information storage unit, and produces a past operation pattern and a latest operation pattern for the user based on the log information stored in the log information storage unit, and determines whether or not to permit the setting operation performed by the user.