- 专利标题: Automated on-line capacity expansion method for storage device
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申请号: US12245122申请日: 2008-10-03
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公开(公告)号: US07930474B2公开(公告)日: 2011-04-19
- 发明人: Yoshiki Kano , Manabu Kitamura , Kouji Arai
- 申请人: Yoshiki Kano , Manabu Kitamura , Kouji Arai
- 申请人地址: JP Tokyo
- 专利权人: Hitachi, Ltd.
- 当前专利权人: Hitachi, Ltd.
- 当前专利权人地址: JP Tokyo
- 代理机构: Mattingly & Malur, P.C.
- 优先权: JP2001-204305 20010705
- 主分类号: G06F12/00
- IPC分类号: G06F12/00
摘要:
A volume provider unit in a computer system that detects a logical block address of a read or write I/O accessing a logical volume of a storage device from a host. According to the logical block address fetched, a storage domain of the logical volume is dynamically expanded. Moreover, the storage domain of the logical volume is reduced or expanded according to an instruction of logical volume capacity reduction or expansion from a host commander part to a volume server.
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