In one embodiment, the method includes receiving a read request for reading data from a memory area of the memory, and determining whether an identifier of the memory area is stored in one of the plurality of entries of a characteristic table. Each of the plurality of entries is associated with a different range of at least one memory area characteristic and each of the plurality of entries is associated with different read condition information. The method further includes obtaining the read condition information associated with the entry storing the identifier of the memory area if the determining determines the identifier is stored in one of the plurality of entries of the characteristic table, and controlling the memory to read data from the memory area using the obtained read condition information.