公开(公告)号：US20120198191A1

公开(公告)日：2012-08-02

申请号：US13446625

申请日：2012-04-13

申请人： Yoshiki KANO

发明人： Yoshiki KANO

IPC分类号： G06F12/16

CPC分类号： G06F11/2082 ,  G06F11/2069 ,  G06F11/2071 ,  G06F17/30315

摘要： De-duplication operations are applied to mirror volumes. Data stored to a first volume is mirrored to a second volume. The second volume is a virtual volume having a plurality of logical addresses, such that segments of physical storage capacity are allocated for a specified logical address as needed when data is stored to the specified logical address. A de-duplication operation is carried out on the second volume following a split from the first volume. A particular segment of the second volume is identified as having data that is the same as another segment in the second volume or in the same consistency group. A link is created from the particular segment to the other segment and the particular segment is released from the second volume so that physical storage capacity required for the second volume is reduced.

摘要翻译： 重复数据删除操作适用于镜像卷。 存储到第一卷的数据被镜像到第二卷。 第二卷是具有多个逻辑地址的虚拟卷，使得当数据被存储到指定的逻辑地址时，根据需要为指定的逻辑地址分配物理存储容量的段。 在与第一卷分割后的第二卷上执行重复数据删除操作。 第二卷的特定段被标识为具有与第二卷或同一一致性组中的另一段相同的数据。 创建从特定段到另一段的链接，并且特定段从第二卷释放，使得第二卷所需的物理存储容量减小。

公开(公告)号：US20110307675A1

公开(公告)日：2011-12-15

申请号：US13204207

申请日：2011-08-05

申请人： Yoshiki KANO

发明人： Yoshiki KANO

IPC分类号： G06F12/16 ,  G06F13/00

CPC分类号： G06F11/2082 ,  G06F11/2069 ,  G06F11/2071 ,  G06F17/30315

摘要： An amount of storage capacity used during mirroring operations is reduced by applying de-duplication operations to the mirror volumes. Data stored to a first volume is mirrored to a second volume. The second volume is a virtual volume having a plurality of logical addresses, such that segments of physical storage capacity are allocated for a specified logical address as needed when data is stored to the specified logical address. A de-duplication operation is carried out on the second volume following a split from the first volume. A particular segment of the second volume is identified as having data that is the same as another segment in the second volume or in the same consistency group. A link is created from the particular segment to the other segment and the particular segment is released from the second volume so that physical storage capacity required for the second volume is reduced.

公开(公告)号：US20110283058A1

公开(公告)日：2011-11-17

申请号：US13193130

申请日：2011-07-28

申请人： Akihiko ARAKI ,  Yoshiki KANO ,  Sadahiro SUGIMOTO ,  Yusuke NONAKA

发明人： Akihiko ARAKI ,  Yoshiki KANO ,  Sadahiro SUGIMOTO ,  Yusuke NONAKA

IPC分类号： G06F12/02

CPC分类号： G06F12/0246 ,  G06F2212/1036 ,  G06F2212/7202 ,  G06F2212/7211 ,  G11C2211/5641

摘要： To extend endurance and reduce bit cost, a method and a storage apparatus are provided, which storage apparatus includes a controller and a semiconductor storage media that includes a first storage device and a second storage device having an upper limit of an erase count of data smaller than the first storage device. Area conversion information includes correspondence of a first address to be specified as a data storage destination and a second address of an area in which data is to be stored. A rewrite frequency of stored data is recorded for each area. The controller selects an area corresponding to the first address, determines whether or not the rewrite frequency of the selected area is equal to or larger than a first threshold value, when the rewrite frequency is equal to or larger than the threshold value, selects an area to be provided by the first storage device, and when the rewrite frequency is smaller than the threshold value, selects an area to be provided by the second storage device and maps the address of the selected area to the first address.

摘要翻译： 为了延长耐久性和降低比特成本，提供了一种方法和存储装置，该存储装置包括控制器和半导体存储介质，该半导体存储介质包括第一存储装置和第二存储装置，其具有较小数据的擦除次数的上限 比第一个存储设备。 区域转换信息包括要指定为数据存储目的地的第一地址和要存储数据的区域的第二地址的对应关系。 记录每个区域的存储数据的重写频率。 控制器选择对应于第一地址的区域，确定所选区域的重写频率是否等于或大于第一阈值，当重写频率等于或大于阈值时，选择一个区域 由第一存储装置提供，并且当重写频率小于阈值时，选择由第二存储装置提供的区域，并将所选区域的地址映射到第一地址。

公开(公告)号：US20090171785A1

公开(公告)日：2009-07-02

申请号：US12048332

申请日：2008-03-14

申请人： Yoshiki KANO ,  Akira Yamamoto ,  Atsuo Kawaguchi ,  Shoji Kodama ,  Naoko Iwami ,  Masaaki Iwasaki

发明人： Yoshiki KANO ,  Akira Yamamoto ,  Atsuo Kawaguchi ,  Shoji Kodama ,  Naoko Iwami ,  Masaaki Iwasaki

IPC分类号： G06Q30/00

CPC分类号： G06Q30/02 ,  G06Q30/0217

摘要： A home storage (a first storage device) installed in each home is provided with an area for a user to store data (user area) and an area for storing ads (ad area). The first storage device checks interest and favorite information for the user in the user area, and transmits the interest and favorite information at the same time backup is performed in a second storage device at a remote site. The second storage device selects a suitable ad based on the interest and favorite information from the first storage device and transmits the selected ad to the first storage device. The user views the transmitted ad when viewing content in the first storage device. The user's viewing record for the ads is kept as statistical data, and the second storage device compiles the record, charges a sponsor an ad charge, thereby subsidizing the usage charge for the first storage device regardless of online or offline connection.

摘要翻译： 安装在每个家庭中的家庭存储（第一存储设备）被提供有用于存储数据的区域（用户区域）和用于存储广告的区域（广告区域）。 第一存储装置在用户区域中检查用户的兴趣和收藏信息，并且在远程站点处的第二存储装置中同时发送备份的兴趣和收藏信息。 第二存储装置基于来自第一存储装置的兴趣和收藏信息选择合适的广告，并将所选择的广告发送到第一存储装置。 用户在查看第一个存储设备中的内容时查看传输的广告。 广告的用户观看记录保存为统计数据，第二存储设备编译记录，向赞助商收取广告费用，从而补贴第一存储设备的使用费用，而不管在线或脱机连接如何。

公开(公告)号：US20120221783A1

公开(公告)日：2012-08-30

申请号：US13466163

申请日：2012-05-08

申请人： Masayuki YAMAMOTO ,  Akira YAMAMOTO ,  Akira FUJIBAYASHI ,  Jun KITAHARA ,  Yoshiki KANO

发明人： Masayuki YAMAMOTO ,  Akira YAMAMOTO ,  Akira FUJIBAYASHI ,  Jun KITAHARA ,  Yoshiki KANO

IPC分类号： G06F12/00

CPC分类号： G06F12/0246 ,  G06F3/0616 ,  G06F3/0644 ,  G06F3/0685 ,  G06F2212/1036 ,  G06F2212/7206

摘要： For a storage apparatus where flash memory disks and hard disks coexist, high-density mounting of flash memory modules is achieved. The storage apparatus includes flash memories and a storage controller. A second storage apparatus including magnetic disks is connected to the storage apparatus. The storage controller can form a storage area using a flash memory or a magnetic disk to create a logical volume. When an input/output request is issued from a host computer, if a storage area is formed with a flash memory, the storage controller directly accesses the flash memory to handle the request. When the storage apparatus defines a storage area formed with a flash memory, the storage apparatus defines the storage area by adding up the capacity of a storage area to be provided for the host computer and a substitute area capacity determined in consideration of restrictions on the number deletions of the flash memory.

摘要翻译： 对于闪存盘和硬盘共存的存储装置，实现了高密度安装闪存模块。 存储装置包括闪存和存储控制器。 包括磁盘的第二存储装置连接到存储装置。 存储控制器可以使用闪存或磁盘形成存储区域以创建逻辑卷。 当从主计算机发出输入/输出请求时，如果存储区域形成闪速存储器，则存储控制器直接访问闪存以处理该请求。 当存储装置定义形成有闪速存储器的存储区域时，存储装置通过将要提供给主计算机的存储区域的容量相加来确定存储区域，并且考虑到对数量的限制而确定的替代区域容量 闪存的删除。

公开(公告)号：US20090132619A1

公开(公告)日：2009-05-21

申请号：US11943494

申请日：2007-11-20

申请人： Hiroshi ARAKAWA ,  Yoshiki KANO

发明人： Hiroshi ARAKAWA ,  Yoshiki KANO

IPC分类号： G06F17/30

CPC分类号： G06F3/0641 ,  G06F3/0605 ,  G06F3/0608 ,  G06F3/0689 ,  G06F11/1076 ,  G06F11/1453 ,  G06F2211/1004 ,  G06F2211/1057

摘要： In one implementation, a storage system comprises host computers, a management terminal and a storage system having block interface to communicate with the host computers/clients. The storage system also incorporates a deduplication capability using chunks (divided storage area). The storage system maintains a threshold (upper limit) with respect to the degree of deduplication (i.e. number of virtual data for one real data) specified by users or the management software. The storage system counts the number of links for each chunk and does not perform deduplication when the number of reduced data for a chunk exceeds the threshold, even if duplication is detected. In another implementation, the storage system additionally incorporates a data migration capability and migrates physical data to high reliability area such as area protected with double parity (i.e. RAID6) when the deduplication level for a chunk exceeds the threshold.

摘要翻译： 在一个实施方式中，存储系统包括主计算机，管理终端和具有与主计算机/客户端进行通信的块接口的存储系统。 存储系统还使用块（分割存储区域）集成了重复数据删除功能。 存储系统相对于由用户或管理软件指定的重复数据删除的程度（即，一个真实数据的虚拟数据的数量）维持阈值（上限）。 存储系统对每个组块的链路数进行计数，即使检测到重复，当块的减少数据数超过阈值时也不执行重复数据消除。 在另一实现中，当组块的重复数据删除级别超过阈值时，存储系统另外并入数据迁移能力并将物理数据迁移到高可靠性区域，例如双重奇偶校验（即，RAID6）保护的区域。