Storage system having dynamic volume allocation function
    121.
    发明申请
    Storage system having dynamic volume allocation function 有权
    具有动态卷分配功能的存储系统

    公开(公告)号:US20060095704A1

    公开(公告)日:2006-05-04

    申请号:US11305134

    申请日:2005-12-19

    IPC分类号: G06F12/00

    摘要: An object of the present invention is to allow access to a plurality of logical devices regardless of the number of ports provided in a storage system and the number of logical devices that can be allocated to a single port, and thereby to improve the usability of the logical devices. A storage system comprises a plurality of logical devices, a target device which is the object of access from a computer, and a juke box system for allocating one of the plurality of logical devices to the target device. The juke box system changes the logical device that is allocated to the target device in accordance with a request from the computer.

    摘要翻译: 本发明的目的是允许访问多个逻辑设备,而不管存储系统中提供的端口的数量以及可以分配给单个端口的逻辑设备的数量,从而提高了可用性 逻辑设备。 存储系统包括多个逻辑设备,作为来自计算机的访问对象的目标设备和用于将多个逻辑设备中的一个逻辑设备分配给目标设备的点播机系统。 自动点唱机系统根据来自计算机的请求改变分配给目标设备的逻辑设备。

    Data replication in a storage system
    122.
    发明申请
    Data replication in a storage system 有权
    存储系统中的数据复制

    公开(公告)号:US20050228957A1

    公开(公告)日:2005-10-13

    申请号:US10879471

    申请日:2004-06-30

    CPC分类号: G06F11/2082 G06F11/2069

    摘要: For a storage system having plural control units to which plural disk devices are connected, in the method for creating replication in a volume of the disk devices connected to different control units, when receiving update I/O of a replication source during an initial copy for replication, the reflection of update to the replication destination is performed on an extension of the same I/O. When a pair is divided after the completion of copying, the update position is retained on the differential bitmap disposed in the individual control units, and the differential bitmap is merged to one of the control units at a time of resynchronization to perform copy processing.

    摘要翻译: 对于具有连接多个磁盘装置的多个控制单元的存储系统,在连接到不同的控制单元的磁盘装置的卷的卷中创建复制的方法中,当在初始拷贝期间接收复制源的更新I / O时, 复制时,对相同I / O的扩展执行对复制目的地的更新的反映。 当在复制完成后分配一对时,更新位置被保留在设置在各个控制单元中的差分位图上,并且差分位图在再同步时被合并到一个控制单元以执行复制处理。

    Storage system
    123.
    发明申请
    Storage system 有权
    存储系统

    公开(公告)号:US20050216692A1

    公开(公告)日:2005-09-29

    申请号:US10845409

    申请日:2004-05-12

    摘要: A storage system having a cluster configuration that prevents a load from concentrating on a certain storage node and enhances access performance is disclosed. The storage system is provided with plural storage adaptors having a cache memory for storing data read/written according to an I/O request from a host and a device for holding the data stored in the cache memory, means for connecting an external storage having a logical device that handles the read/written data and a cache memory to the storage adaptor, means for monitoring and grasping a usage situation of each cache memory of the plural storage adaptors and means for referring to information of the usage situation of each cache memory acquired by the grasping means and selecting any of the storage adaptors so that usage of each cache memory is equalized, and the logical device of the external storage is controlled by the storage adaptor selected by the selection means via connection means.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种具有防止负载集中在某个存储节点上并增强访问性能的集群配置的存储系统。 存储系统具有多个存储适配器,其具有高速缓存存储器,用于存储根据来自主机的I / O请求读/写的数据和用于保存存储在高速缓冲存储器中的数据的设备,用于连接具有 处理读/写数据的逻辑设备和存储适配器的高速缓冲存储器,用于监视和掌握多个存储适配器中的每个高速缓冲存储器的使用情况的装置,以及用于参考获取的每个高速缓冲存储器的使用情况的信息的装置 通过握持装置选择任何存储适配器,使得每个高速缓冲存储器的使用均衡,并且外部存储器的逻辑设备由选择装置经由连接装置选择的存储适配器控制。

    Storage system having dynamic volume allocation function
    124.
    发明申请
    Storage system having dynamic volume allocation function 有权
    具有动态卷分配功能的存储系统

    公开(公告)号:US20050144384A1

    公开(公告)日:2005-06-30

    申请号:US10957059

    申请日:2004-10-01

    IPC分类号: G06F13/10 G06F3/06 G06F12/00

    摘要: An object of the present invention is to allow access to a plurality of logical devices regardless of the number of ports provided in a storage system and the number of logical devices that can be allocated to a single port, and thereby to improve the usability of the logical devices. A storage system comprises a plurality of logical devices, a target device which is the object of access from a computer, and a juke box system for allocating one of the plurality of logical devices to the target device. The juke box system changes the logical device that is allocated to the target device in accordance with a request from the computer.

    摘要翻译: 本发明的目的是允许访问多个逻辑设备,而不管存储系统中提供的端口的数量以及可以分配给单个端口的逻辑设备的数量,从而提高了可用性 逻辑设备。 存储系统包括多个逻辑设备,作为来自计算机的访问对象的目标设备和用于将多个逻辑设备中的一个逻辑设备分配给目标设备的点播机系统。 自动点唱机系统根据来自计算机的请求改变分配给目标设备的逻辑设备。

    Storage system and replication creation method thereof
    126.
    发明申请
    Storage system and replication creation method thereof 失效
    存储系统及其复制创建方法

    公开(公告)号:US20050125609A1

    公开(公告)日:2005-06-09

    申请号:US10766823

    申请日:2004-01-30

    摘要: In a storage system having a plurality of control units each connected with a plurality of disk units, it is provided that a replication is created in the volume of the disk units connected to different control units. The replication creation unit of a given control unit creates a replication in the volume of the disk unit connected to other control units in such a manner that the original volume information, the replication volume information in the control unit and information on the other control units are registered as volume pair information. Based on this volume pair information, a replication creation request is transmitted to the other control units.

    摘要翻译: 在具有多个控制单元的存储系统中,每个控制单元各自与多个盘单元相连,条件是在连接到不同控制单元的盘单元的卷中创建复制。 给定控制单元的复制创建单元以连接到其它控制单元的盘单元的卷的形式创建复制,使得原始卷信息,控制单元中的复制卷信息和关于其他控制单元的信息是 注册为卷对信息。 基于该卷对信息,将复制创建请求发送到其他控制单元。

    Storage system
    128.
    发明申请
    Storage system 失效
    存储系统

    公开(公告)号:US20050076157A1

    公开(公告)日:2005-04-07

    申请号:US10735155

    申请日:2003-12-12

    IPC分类号: G06F3/06 G06F3/00

    摘要: In a storage system having a plurality of virtualization apparatuses that allocate a storage area which a storage device has, form a plurality of virtual volumes, and process input-output from a host processor to one of the virtual volumes, a request for completing all the input-output being processed that is received from the host processor and temporarily holding the input-output processing received subsequently is issued to the plurality of virtualization apparatuses, when a completion report of the processing of the input-output in response to the request is received from the plurality of virtualization apparatuses and the completion report is received from all the virtualization apparatuses to which the request was issued, an instruction of an allocation change of the storage area of the storage device is sent to all the virtualization apparatuses, and when the completion report of the allocation change is received from all the virtualization apparatuses, the storage area of the storage device is allocated to the virtual volume by sending an instruction for releasing a state of the input-output held temporarily to all the virtualization apparatuses.

    摘要翻译: 在具有分配存储装置所具有的存储区域的多个虚拟化装置的存储系统中,形成多个虚拟卷,并且处理从主机处理器到虚拟卷之一的输入输出, 当接收到响应于该请求的输入输出的处理的完成报告时,从多个虚拟化装置发出从主机处理器接收到的临时保持随后接收的输入输出处理的输入输出, 从多个虚拟化装置接收到从发出请求的所有虚拟化装置完成报告,存储装置的存储区域的分配改变指示被发送给所有的虚拟化装置,当完成 从所有的虚拟化设备,s的存储区域接收到分配更改的报告 通过发送用于释放临时保持的输入输出的状态到所有虚拟化设备的指令,将虚拟卷分配给虚拟卷。

    Storage apparatus system for reallocating data records among parity
groups
    129.
    发明授权
    Storage apparatus system for reallocating data records among parity groups 失效
    用于在奇偶校验组之间重新分配数据记录的存储装置系统

    公开(公告)号:US5734813A

    公开(公告)日:1998-03-31

    申请号:US511731

    申请日:1995-08-07

    摘要: In this invention a logical record represents a record accessed by a HOST computer. A physical record represents a record defined on disk units. Physical records consist of data records and parity records. A data record has a value of a logical record. m data records and n parity records form parity records. Parity records are utilized to recover the contents of the data records which belong to the same parity group. A reduction in the generation times of updated values of parity records is realized. A data value of parity records has an allocated status to a logical record and an unallocated status. When a parity-generation scheduling unit decides generation of updated values of a parity group, it recognizes data records which are unallocated to logical records in the parity groups. Then it searches the logical records which are allocated to data records included in the other parity group. Finally it reallocates the recognized data records to the searched logical records. By reallocating data records to logical records, it becomes possible to reduce the number of the parity groups having data records allocated to logical records with updated values.

    摘要翻译: 在本发明中,逻辑记录表示由HOST计算机访问的记录。 物理记录表示在磁盘单元上定义的记录。 物理记录由数据记录和奇偶校验记录组成。 数据记录具有逻辑记录的值。 m个数据记录和n个奇偶校验记录形成奇偶校验记录。 奇偶校验记录用于恢复属于同一奇偶校验组的数据记录的内容。 实现奇偶校验记录更新值的生成时间的减少。 奇偶校验记录的数据值具有逻辑记录和未分配状态的分配状态。 当奇偶校验生成调度单元决定奇偶校验组的更新值的生成时,它识别未分配给奇偶校验组中的逻辑记录的数据记录。 然后,它搜索分配给包括在其他奇偶校验组中的数据记录的逻辑记录。 最后,将识别的数据记录重新分配到搜索到的逻辑记录。 通过将数据记录重新分配到逻辑记录,可以减少具有分配给具有更新值的逻辑记录的数据记录的奇偶校验组的数量。

    Storage system with virtual areas and method for managing storage system
    130.
    发明授权
    Storage system with virtual areas and method for managing storage system 有权
    具有虚拟区域的存储系统和管理存储系统的方法

    公开(公告)号:US08612704B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-12-17

    申请号:US13203692

    申请日:2011-08-01

    IPC分类号: G06F12/02 G06F12/16

    摘要: A first storage system copies data of a virtual area of a first virtual volume to a virtual area of a second virtual volume of a second storage system, monitors accesses with respect to multiple virtual areas of the first virtual volume, updates access information related to the accesses of the multiple virtual areas, and, based on the access information, reallocates data inside an actual area of a first pool allocated to the virtual area of the first virtual volume. The first storage system sends the access information to the second storage system. The second storage system receives the access information, and, based on the access information, reallocates data inside the actual area allocated to a virtual area of the second virtual volume.

    摘要翻译: 第一存储系统将第一虚拟卷的虚拟区域的数据复制到第二存储系统的第二虚拟卷的虚拟区域,监视关于第一虚拟卷的多个虚拟区域的访问,更新与第一虚拟卷相关的访问信息 多个虚拟区域的访问,并且基于访问信息,重新分配分配给第一虚拟卷的虚拟区域的第一池的实际区域内的数据。 第一存储系统将访问信息发送到第二存储系统。 第二存储系统接收访问信息,并且基于访问信息,重新分配分配给第二虚拟卷的虚拟区域的实际区域内的数据。