Recording control device and recording control method

A recording control device comprising:

• a reading unit that reads tape quality information indicating quality of a recording tape cartridge recorded on a recording medium included in the recording tape cartridge;
• an acquisition unit that acquires drive quality information indicating quality of each of a plurality of tape drives that are loading targets of the recording tape cartridge;
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• a prohibition unit that prohibits reading or writing of data from or to the recording tape using the tape drive in a combination of which the quality is lower than predetermined quality among combinations of quality of the recording tape cartridge indicated by the tape quality information read by the reading unit and quality of each of the plurality of tape drives indicated by the drive quality information acquired by the acquisition unit in a case where reading or writing of data from or to the recording tape included in the recording tape cartridge is performed.