公开(公告)号：US20090168784A1

公开(公告)日：2009-07-02

申请号：US12020216

申请日：2008-01-25

申请人： Shuji NAKAMURA ,  Akira FUJIBAYASHI ,  Mutsumi HOSOYA ,  Hideaki FUKUDA

发明人： Shuji NAKAMURA ,  Akira FUJIBAYASHI ,  Mutsumi HOSOYA ,  Hideaki FUKUDA

IPC分类号： H04L12/56

CPC分类号： G06F3/0656 ,  G06F3/061 ,  G06F3/0635 ,  G06F3/067 ,  H04L67/1097

摘要： Deadlock is avoided in a grid storage system having superior scalability. Provided is a storage subsystem connected to a host computer for receiving a write or read access from the host computer. This storage subsystem includes a plurality of modules respectively having a storage resource, a switch for connecting the plurality of modules, a controller for controlling the transfer of a packet based on the write or read access from the host computer to a target module among the plurality of modules via the switch, and a memory storing a transfer rule of the packet. The controller controls the transfer of the packet based on the transfer rule.

摘要翻译： 在具有优越可扩展性的网格存储系统中避免了死锁。 提供了连接到主计算机的存储子系统，用于从主计算机接收写入或读取访问。 该存储子系统包括分别具有存储资源的多个模块，用于连接多个模块的开关，用于基于从主机到多个模块中的目标模块的写入或读取访问来控制分组传送的控制器 的模块，以及存储分组的传送规则的存储器。 控制器根据传输规则控制数据包的传输。

公开(公告)号：US20070245063A1

公开(公告)日：2007-10-18

申请号：US11808605

申请日：2007-06-12

申请人： Kazuhisa Fujimoto ,  Mutsumi Hosoya ,  Naoki Watanabe ,  Kentaro Shimada

发明人： Kazuhisa Fujimoto ,  Mutsumi Hosoya ,  Naoki Watanabe ,  Kentaro Shimada

IPC分类号： G06F12/00

CPC分类号： G06F12/0866 ,  G06F3/0607 ,  G06F3/061 ,  G06F3/0635 ,  G06F3/0661 ,  G06F3/067 ,  G06F12/0813

摘要： To provide a storage system with a cost/performance meeting the system scale, from a small-scale to a large-scale configuration. In the storage system, protocol transformation units and data caching control units are connected to each other through an interconnection, the data caching control units are divided into plural control clusters, each of the control clusters including at least two or more data caching control units, control of a cache memory is conducted independently for each of the control clusters, and one of the plural data caching control units manages, as a single system, protocol transformation units and the plural control clusters based on management information stored in a system management information memory unit.

摘要翻译： 提供满足系统规模的成本/性能的存储系统，从小规模到大规模配置。 在存储系统中，协议转换单元和数据高速缓存控制单元通过互连相互连接，数据高速缓存控制单元分为多个控制集群，每个控制集群包括至少两个或多个数据高速缓存控制单元， 对于每个控制集群独立地执行高速缓冲存储器的控制，并且多个数据高速缓存控制单元中的一个数据高速缓存控制单元基于存储在系统管理信息存储器中的管理信息来管理协议变换单元和多个控制集群 单元。

公开(公告)号：US07249220B2

公开(公告)日：2007-07-24

申请号：US11509773

申请日：2006-08-25

申请人： Kazuhisa Fujimoto ,  Mutsumi Hosoya ,  Naoki Watanabe ,  Kentaro Shimada

发明人： Kazuhisa Fujimoto ,  Mutsumi Hosoya ,  Naoki Watanabe ,  Kentaro Shimada

IPC分类号： G06F12/00

CPC分类号： G06F12/0866 ,  G06F3/0607 ,  G06F3/061 ,  G06F3/0635 ,  G06F3/0661 ,  G06F3/067 ,  G06F12/0813

摘要： To provide a storage system with a cost/performance meeting the system scale, from a small-scale to a large-scale configuration. In the storage system, protocol transformation units and data caching control units are connected to each other through an interconnection, the data caching control units are divided into plural control clusters, each of the control clusters including at least two or more data caching control units, control of a cache memory is conducted independently for each of the control clusters, and one of the plural data caching control units manages, as a single system, protocol transformation units and the plural control clusters based on management information stored in a system management information memory unit.

公开(公告)号：US20070016667A1

公开(公告)日：2007-01-18

申请号：US11509773

申请日：2006-08-25

申请人： Kazuhisa Fujimoto ,  Mutsumi Hosoya ,  Naoki Watanabe ,  Kentaro Shimada

发明人： Kazuhisa Fujimoto ,  Mutsumi Hosoya ,  Naoki Watanabe ,  Kentaro Shimada

IPC分类号： G06F13/38 ,  G06F15/173 ,  G06F13/12

CPC分类号： G06F12/0866 ,  G06F3/0607 ,  G06F3/061 ,  G06F3/0635 ,  G06F3/0661 ,  G06F3/067 ,  G06F12/0813

摘要： To provide a storage system with a cost/performance meeting the system scale, from a small-scale to a large-scale configuration. In the storage system, protocol transformation units and data caching control units are connected to each other through an interconnection, the data caching control units are divided into plural control clusters, each of the control clusters including at least two or more data caching control units, control of a cache memory is conducted independently for each of the control clusters, and one of the plural data caching control units manages, as a single system, protocol transformation units and the plural control clusters based on management information stored in a system management information memory unit.

公开(公告)号：US06957303B2

公开(公告)日：2005-10-18

申请号：US10422734

申请日：2003-04-25

申请人： Kazuhisa Fujimoto ,  Mutsumi Hosoya ,  Kentaro Shimada ,  Akira Yamamoto ,  Naoko Iwami ,  Yasutomo Yamamoto

发明人： Kazuhisa Fujimoto ,  Mutsumi Hosoya ,  Kentaro Shimada ,  Akira Yamamoto ,  Naoko Iwami ,  Yasutomo Yamamoto

IPC分类号： G06F3/06 ,  G06F12/00 ,  G06F12/08

CPC分类号： G06F3/0661 ,  G06F3/0607 ,  G06F3/061 ,  G06F3/0635 ,  G06F12/0866

摘要： The storage system is configured to expand from small to large configurations at a reasonable cost with performance decided approximately to a target system scale. The storage system has a plurality of protocol transformation units, each used for transforming a protocol to be exchanged with the server or disk drives, and a plurality of data caching control units, each having a cache memory unit for storing data and a function for controlling the cache memory unit. The plurality of data cashing control units are divided into a plurality of control clusters while the cache memory unit is controlled only in its corresponding control cluster independently and the system management unit is connected to an interconnection, such that the system management unit manages the plurality of protocol transformation units and the plurality of control clusters are managed integrally as one system.

摘要翻译： 存储系统配置为以合理的成本从小型扩展到大型配置，性能大致决定于目标系统规模。 存储系统具有多个协议转换单元，每个协议变换单元用于变换要与服务器或磁盘驱动器交换的协议，以及多个数据高速缓存控制单元，每个具有用于存储数据的高速缓冲存储器单元和用于控制的功能 高速缓冲存储器单元。 多个数据兑现控制单元被分成多个控制簇，而高速缓冲存储器单元仅在其对应的控制簇中被独立地控制，并且系统管理单元连接到互连，使得系统管理单元管理多个 协议变换单元和多个控制集群作为一个系统一体地管理。

公开(公告)号：US06484242B2

公开(公告)日：2002-11-19

申请号：US09809217

申请日：2001-03-16

申请人： Mutsumi Hosoya ,  Michitaka Yamamoto

发明人： Mutsumi Hosoya ,  Michitaka Yamamoto

IPC分类号： G06F1202

CPC分类号： G06F12/0811

摘要： A cache access control system for dynamically conducting specification of dedicated and common regions and thereby always conducting optimum cache coherency control. In a processor, an L1 cache including an L1 data array and a directory is provided. A plurality of L2 caches are connected to each L1 cache. The L2 caches are connected to a main memory L3. An L2 cache history manager is supplied with L2 cache status information and an L2 cache access request from L2 caches. The L2 cache history manager judges an attribute (a dedicated region or a common region) of each line of L2. On the basis of the attribute, a cache coherency manager conducts coherency control of each L2 cache by using an invalidation type protocol or an update type protocol. The attribute is judged to be the common region, only in the case where a line shared by a plurality of L2 caches in the past is canceled once by the invalidation type protocol and then accessed again.

摘要翻译： 高速缓存存取控制系统，用于动态地执行专用和公共区域的规范，从而始终执行最佳高速缓存一致性控制。 在处理器中，提供包括L1数据阵列和目录的L1高速缓存。 多个L2高速缓存连接到每个L1高速缓存。 L2高速缓存连接到主存储器L3。 二级缓存历史管理器提供二级高速缓存状态信息和二级高速缓存访​​问请求。 L2缓存历史管理器判断L2的每一行的属性（专用区域或公共区域）。 基于该属性，高速缓存一致性管理器通过使用无效类型协议或更新类型协议来执行每个L2高速缓存的一致性控制。 该属性被判断为公共区域，仅在过去的多个L2高速缓存共享的行被无效化协议一次取消然后再次访问的情况下。

公开(公告)号：US08495288B2

公开(公告)日：2013-07-23

申请号：US12136108

申请日：2008-06-10

申请人： Mutsumi Hosoya ,  Hiroshi Kanayama ,  Wataru Mineta

发明人： Mutsumi Hosoya ,  Hiroshi Kanayama ,  Wataru Mineta

IPC分类号： G06F13/00 ,  G06F12/00

CPC分类号： G06F12/0866 ,  G06F3/0608 ,  G06F3/061 ,  G06F3/0641 ,  G06F3/0652 ,  G06F3/0683 ,  G06F11/1453 ,  G06F11/1456 ,  G06F11/2071 ,  G06F11/2089 ,  G06F2201/84

摘要： A storage controller of the present invention narrows down the target for data comparison by comparing hash codes beforehand and rapidly detects duplicated data. A hash value setting unit sets a hash code in data received from a host. Hash code-attached data is stored in a logical volume. A microprocessor unit compares the hash codes for each comparison-targeted data. When hash codes match with one another, a data comparator compares the target data, and determines whether or not the data is duplicated data. When duplicated data is detected, the microprocessor unit removes the duplicated data.

摘要翻译： 本发明的存储控制器通过预先比较哈希码来缩小用于数据比较的目标，并且快速检测重复的数据。 哈希值设置单元在从主机接收的数据中设置哈希码。 哈希码附加数据存储在逻辑卷中。 微处理器单元比较每个比较目标数据的哈希码。 当哈希码彼此匹配时，数据比较器比较目标数据，并确定数据是否是复制数据。 当检测到复制数据时，微处理器单元删除重复的数据。

公开(公告)号：US08250318B2

公开(公告)日：2012-08-21

申请号：US13077444

申请日：2011-03-31

申请人： Mutsumi Hosoya ,  Akira Fujibayashi

发明人： Mutsumi Hosoya ,  Akira Fujibayashi

IPC分类号： G06F12/00

CPC分类号： G06F3/064 ,  G06F3/0619 ,  G06F3/0661 ,  G06F3/0683 ,  G06F11/1076 ,  G06F2211/1014

摘要： Provided are a storage controller and storage control method capable of improving the transaction performance. This storage controller includes a disk controller for receiving a read command and a write command from a host computer, and an external disk controller and an internal disk device for sending and receiving data to and from the disk controller. A storage device of the external disk controller or the internal disk controller processes the access from the disk controller in physical sub-block units. When the disk controller is to access the storage device of the external disk controller or the internal disk device in logical sub-block units in which an additional code containing a guarantee code is added to user data, it makes such access in minimum common multiple units of logical sub-blocks and physical sub-blocks, and changes the guarantee code length.

摘要翻译： 提供能够提高交易性能的存储控制器和存储控制方法。 该存储控制器包括用于从主计算机接收读取命令和写入命令的磁盘控制器，以及用于向磁盘控制器发送数据和从磁盘控制器接收数据的外部磁盘控制器和内部磁盘设备。 外部磁盘控制器或内部磁盘控制器的存储设备以物理子块单元处理来自磁盘控制器的访问。 当磁盘控制器以逻辑子块单元访问外部磁盘控制器或内部磁盘设备的存储设备，其中包含保证码的附加代码被添加到用户数据时，它以最小的公共多个单元 的逻辑子块和物理子块，并更改保证码长度。

公开(公告)号：US08127077B2

公开(公告)日：2012-02-28

申请号：US13015672

申请日：2011-01-28

申请人： Akira Fujibayashi ,  Shuji Nakamura ,  Mutsumi Hosoya

发明人： Akira Fujibayashi ,  Shuji Nakamura ,  Mutsumi Hosoya

IPC分类号： G06F12/00

CPC分类号： H04L61/6013 ,  G06F3/061 ,  G06F3/0635 ,  G06F3/0658 ,  G06F3/067 ,  H04L29/12584 ,  H04L29/1282 ,  H04L29/12839 ,  H04L45/00 ,  H04L61/2596 ,  H04L61/6022 ,  H04L67/1097 ,  H04L67/2814 ,  H04L67/2842 ,  H04L69/40

摘要： Provided is a storage system. The storage system includes: a hard disk drive, and a storage controller for reading/writing data from/to the hard disk drive, the storage controller including: at least one interface connected to a host computer through a network; and a plurality of processors connected to the interface through an internal network. The storage system is characterized in that: the processor provides at least one logical access port to the host computer; and the interface stores routing information including a processor which processes an access request addressed to the logical access port, extracts an address from the received access request upon reception of the access request from the host computer, specifies the processor which processes the received access request based on the routing information and the extracted address, and transfers the received access request to the specified processor.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种存储系统。 所述存储系统包括：硬盘驱动器和用于从/向所述硬盘驱动器读取/写入数据的存储控制器，所述存储控制器包括：通过网络连接到主计算机的至少一个接口; 以及通过内部网络连接到接口的多个处理器。 存储系统的特征在于：处理器向主计算机提供至少一个逻辑访问端口; 并且接口存储包括处理寻址到逻辑访问端口的访问请求的处理器的路由信息​​，在从主计算机接收到访问请求时从接收的访问请求中提取地址，指定处理所接收的访问请求的处理器 关于路由信息和提取的地址，并将接收的访问请求传送到指定的处理器。

公开(公告)号：US07917668B2

公开(公告)日：2011-03-29

申请号：US12269152

申请日：2008-11-12

申请人： Mutsumi Hosoya ,  Naoki Watanabe ,  Shuji Nakamura ,  Yasuo Inoue ,  Kazuhisa Fujimoto ,  Kentaro Shimada

发明人： Mutsumi Hosoya ,  Naoki Watanabe ,  Shuji Nakamura ,  Yasuo Inoue ,  Kazuhisa Fujimoto ,  Kentaro Shimada

IPC分类号： G06F13/28 ,  G06F3/00

CPC分类号： G06F3/061 ,  G06F3/0601 ,  G06F3/0626 ,  G06F3/0635 ,  G06F3/0658 ,  G06F3/0683 ,  G06F13/385 ,  G06F2003/0692

摘要： A disk controller has a channel adapter having a connection interface to a host computer or a disk drive; a memory adapter for temporarily storing data to be transferred between the host computer and disk drive; a processor adapter for controlling operations of the channel adapter and memory adapter; and a switch adapter for configuring an inner network by interconnecting the channel adapter, memory adapter and processor adapter, wherein the channel adapter, memory adapter, processor adapter and switch adapter each include a DMA controller for performing a communication protocol control of the inner network; and packet multiplex communication is performed among the DMA controllers provided in the adapters. The disk controller can realize a high transfer efficiency and a low cost while retaining a high reliability. A storage system includes an interface unit having an interface with a server or hard drives, a memory unit, a processor unit, and an interconnection.

摘要翻译： 磁盘控制器具有通道适配器，其具有与主计算机或磁盘驱动器的连接接口; 用于临时存储要在主机和磁盘驱动器之间传送的数据的存储器适配器; 处理器适配器，用于控制信道适配器和存储器适配器的操作; 以及用于通过互连所述通道适配器，存储器适配器和处理器适配器来配置内部网络的开关适配器，其中所述通道适配器，存储器适配器，处理器适配器和开关适配器各自包括用于执行所述内部网络的通信协议控制的DMA控制器; 并且在适配器中提供的DMA控制器之间执行分组多路复用通信。 磁盘控制器可以实现高传输效率和低成本，同时保持高可靠性。 存储系统包括具有与服务器或硬盘驱动器的接口的接口单元，存储器单元，处理器单元和互连。