A storage apparatus includes: a controller; and a plurality of storage drives, wherein the controller issues a read command for specifying a value associated with an error correction mode to a first storage drive of the plurality of storage drives, the first storage drive selects the error correction mode associated with the value specified by the read command from a plurality of error correction modes, the plurality of error correction modes include a first error correction mode and a second error correction mode with a higher correcting capability and a longer maximum delay time than those of the first error correction mode, and the first storage drive executes a read of data from a storage medium in the selected error correction mode.