Storage control apparatus and storage control method

A storage control apparatus for controlling a tape apparatus including a plurality of tape drives, the storage control apparatus comprising:

• a memory, and
• a processor coupled to the memory and configured to:
• calculate, when causing the tape apparatus to execute write processing of dividing write data into a predetermined size and writing to a plurality of magnetic tapes by using the plurality of tape drives by striping, based on a number of magnetic tapes included in the plurality of magnetic tapes, a track size for one track in the plurality of magnetic tapes, and an order of mounting the plurality of magnetic tapes on any of the plurality of tape drives, a write start position of the write data for each of the plurality of magnetic tapes where the write start position being different in each of the plurality of magnetic tapes and instruct the tape apparatus to execute write processing;
• and
• specify, when a reading range is designated from the write data, a read start position indicating a head position of data in the reading range for each of the plurality of magnetic tapes, and instruct the tape apparatus to read data in the reading range in an order from a magnetic tape of which the read start position is closer to an end of the magnetic tape among the plurality of magnetic tapes.