Storage device and information processing apparatus

A storage device comprising:

• a disk storage medium;
• a cache memory configured to store data read from the disk storage medium;
• a cache control module configured to determine whether data, which is designated by a media access command from a host device, is stored in the cache memory, and to selectively access the cache memory and the disk storage medium in accordance with a result of the determination;
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• a power management module configured to select, in accordance with a request from the host device, one of a first process of stopping rotation of the disk storage medium on condition that a media access command is not received during a predetermined time from last reception of a media access command, and starting the rotation of the disk storage medium on condition that a media access command is received in a state in which the rotation of the disk storage medium is stopped, and a second process of stopping the rotation of the disk storage medium on condition that a media access command which causes access to the disk storage medium is not received during a predetermined time from last reception of a media access command which causes access to the disk storage medium, and starting the rotation of the disk storage medium on condition that a media access command which causes access to the disk storage medium is received in a state in which the rotation of the disk storage medium is stopped, and to execute the selected process.

An information processing apparatus comprising:

• an information processing apparatus main body;
• and
• a storage device provided in the information processing apparatus main body, the storage device including a disk storage medium;
• a cache memory configured to store data read from the disk storage medium;
• a cache control module configured to determine whether data, which is designated by a media access command from the information processing apparatus main body, is stored in the cache memory, and to selectively access the cache memory and the disk storage medium in accordance with a result of the determination;
• and a power management module which is configured to have a first mode of stopping rotation of the disk storage medium on condition that a media access command is not received during a predetermined time from last reception of a media access command, and a second mode of stopping the rotation of the disk storage medium on condition that a media access command which causes access to the disk storage medium is not received during a predetermined time from last reception of a media access command which causes access to the disk storage medium, to execute a process of stopping the rotation of the disk storage medium by using one of the first mode and the second mode, which is selected in accordance with a request from the information processing apparatus main body, to have a third mode of starting the rotation of the disk storage medium on condition that a media access command is received in a state in which the rotation of the disk storage medium is stopped, and a fourth mode of starting the rotation of the disk storage medium on condition that a media access command which causes access to the disk storage medium is received in a state in which the rotation of the disk storage medium is stopped, and to execute a process of starting the rotation of the disk storage medium by using one of the third mode and the fourth mode, which is selected in accordance with a request from the information processing apparatus main body.