公开(公告)号：US20120203988A1

公开(公告)日：2012-08-09

申请号：US13447577

申请日：2012-04-16

申请人： Yoshihito NAKAGAWA ,  Satoru Ozaki

发明人： Yoshihito NAKAGAWA ,  Satoru Ozaki

IPC分类号： G06F12/16

CPC分类号： G06F3/0665 ,  G06F3/0605 ,  G06F3/0635 ,  G06F3/067 ,  G06F11/2058 ,  G06F11/2069 ,  G06F11/2074

摘要： The storage system of the present invention is able to generate one virtual logical device from different logical devices which exist in each of the different storage control units and remote-copy all or part of the virtual logical device to another logical device. The same virtual identifier is set for a volume of the first storage unit and for a volume of the second storage unit. The path control unit of the host identifies a plurality of volumes which have the same virtual identifier as one virtual volume. A remote copy pair can also be set by a virtual volume and a volume of the third storage unit. The setting of the virtual volume and the setting of the remote copy can be performed by means of an instruction from the management server.

摘要翻译： 本发明的存储系统能够从不同的逻辑设备生成一个虚拟逻辑设备，该逻辑设备存在于每个不同的存储控制单元中，并且将全部或部分虚拟逻辑设备远程复制到另一个逻辑设备。 为第一存储单元的卷和第二存储单元的卷设置相同的虚拟标识符。 主机的路径控制单元识别具有与一个虚拟卷相同的虚拟标识符的多个卷。 远程副本对也可以由虚拟卷和第三存储单元的卷来设置。 可以通过来自管理服务器的指令来执行虚拟卷的设置和远程拷贝的设置。

公开(公告)号：US20110320726A1

公开(公告)日：2011-12-29

申请号：US12526834

申请日：2009-05-26

申请人： Takashi Noda ,  Takashi Ochi ,  Yoshihito Nakagawa

发明人： Takashi Noda ,  Takashi Ochi ,  Yoshihito Nakagawa

IPC分类号： G06F12/08

CPC分类号： G06F3/0658 ,  G06F3/061 ,  G06F3/067

摘要： A storage apparatus has a channel board 11; a drive board 13; a cache memory 14; a plurality of processor boards 12 that transfer data; and a shared memory 15. The channel board 11 stores a frame transfer table 521 containing information indicative of correspondence between LDEV 172 and each of the processor boards 12, set in accordance with a right of ownership that is a right of access to the LDEV 172. The processor boards 12 store LDEV control information 524 in a local memory 123, which is referred to by the processor board at the time of access The channel board 11 transfers a data frame that forms the received data I/O request, to one of the processor boards 12 corresponding to the LDEV 172 specified from the information contained in the frame by using the frame transfer table 521.

摘要翻译： 存储装置具有通道板11; 驱动板13; 高速缓冲存储器14; 多个处理器板12，其传送数据; 通道板11存储帧传送表521，该帧传送表521包含指示LDEV172和每个处理器板12之间的对应关系的信息，该信息是根据作为访问LDEV 172的权利的所有权设置的 处理器板12将LDEV控制信息524存储在本地存储器123中，该存储器123在访问时由处理器板参考通道板11将形成接收到的数据I / O请求的数据帧传送到 通过使用帧传送表521从通过帧中包含的信息指定的与LDEV 172相对应的处理器板12。

公开(公告)号：US20110296062A1

公开(公告)日：2011-12-01

申请号：US12526683

申请日：2009-06-23

申请人： Itaru Isobe ,  Yoshihito Nakagawa ,  Takashi Ochi

发明人： Itaru Isobe ,  Yoshihito Nakagawa ,  Takashi Ochi

IPC分类号： G06F13/28

CPC分类号： G06F3/0659 ,  G06F3/0613 ,  G06F3/0635 ,  G06F3/0683 ,  G06F2206/1012

摘要： An object is to efficiently and securely process a data I/O request received from an external apparatus by a storage apparatus. A storage apparatus 10 includes a channel board 11, a drive board 13, a cache memory 14, a plurality of processor boards 12 that perform data transfer, and a shared memory 15, and the channel board 11 stores a third destination search 1211 that associates a sequence identifier with a processor identifier, the sequence identifier being information that identifies a sequence which includes a series of data frames delivered to and received from a host apparatus 2 and to which a data frame belongs, the processor identifier being information that identifies a processor 1221 included in the processor board 12. The channel board 11 determines a processor to be a destination for the received data frame by acquiring the processor identifier associated with the sequence identifier acquired from the received data frame, from the third destination search 1211, and transfers the received data frame to the processor 1221 thus determined.

摘要翻译： 目的是有效和安全地处理由存储装置从外部装置接收的数据I / O请求。 存储装置10包括通道板11，驱动板13，高速缓冲存储器14，执行数据传送的多个处理器板12和共享存储器15，并且通道板11存储第三目的地搜索1211，其关联 具有处理器标识符的序列标识符，所述序列标识符是标识包括传送给主机设备2并从主机设备2接收并且从主机设备2接收到并且数据帧所属的一系列数据帧的序列的信息，处理器标识符是标识处理器的信息 1221。通道板11从第三目的地搜索1211获取与从接收到的数据帧获取的序列标识符相关联的处理器标识，确定处理器为接收到的数据帧的目的地，并且传送 所接收到的数据帧被确定到处理器1221。

公开(公告)号：US20080016303A1

公开(公告)日：2008-01-17

申请号：US11773081

申请日：2007-07-03

申请人： Katsuhiro OKUMOTO ,  Yoshihito Nakagawa ,  Hisao Honma ,  Keishi Tamura

发明人： Katsuhiro OKUMOTO ,  Yoshihito Nakagawa ,  Hisao Honma ,  Keishi Tamura

IPC分类号： G06F12/00

CPC分类号： G06F3/0665 ,  G06F3/0605 ,  G06F3/0607 ,  G06F3/065 ,  G06F3/067 ,  G06F11/1662 ,  G06F11/2071 ,  G06F11/2082

摘要： A virtualization system, including: at least one first port coupled to at least one host system; at least one second port coupled to a plurality of storage systems; wherein the virtualization system is capable to control to perform processes of splitting a relationship between the first virtual volume and the second virtual volume; storing first differential information identifying data of a first write request; write data of first write request to a storage area of the disk drives related to the first logical volume; storing second differential information identifying data of a second write request, the data of the second request being written after the splitting step, receiving a differential copying request; to copy differential data from the first virtual volume to the second virtual volume, or to copy differential data from the second virtual volume to the first virtual volume.

摘要翻译： 一种虚拟化系统，包括：耦合至少一个主机系统的至少一个第一端口; 耦合到多个存储系统的至少一个第二端口; 其中所述虚拟化系统能够控制以执行分割所述第一虚拟卷和所述第二虚拟卷之间的关系的处理; 存储识别第一写请求的数据的第一差分信息; 将第一写入请求的数据写入与第一逻辑卷相关的磁盘驱动器的存储区域; 存储识别第二写请求的数据的第二差分信息，所述第二请求的数据在分离步骤之后被写入，接收差分复制请求; 将差分数据从第一虚拟卷复制到第二虚拟卷，或将差分数据从第二虚拟卷复制到第一虚拟卷。

公开(公告)号：US07136975B2

公开(公告)日：2006-11-14

申请号：US10766850

申请日：2004-01-30

申请人： Satoru Ozaki ,  Yoshihito Nakagawa ,  Hisao Homma ,  Kiichiro Urabe

发明人： Satoru Ozaki ,  Yoshihito Nakagawa ,  Hisao Homma ,  Kiichiro Urabe

IPC分类号： G06F12/00

CPC分类号： G06F3/065 ,  G06F3/0617 ,  G06F3/0623 ,  G06F3/0662 ,  G06F3/067 ,  H04L67/1095 ,  H04L67/1097 ,  Y10S707/99953 ,  Y10S707/99955

摘要： A plurality of virtual volumes with different control functions are associated with one real volume and remote copying is conducted. A relay system comprises a plurality of virtual volumes V12, V21 mapped to the same real volume R1. A virtual volume V21 for transmission control is mapped to a real volume R1, a real volume R2 is mapped to the virtual volume V21, and the virtual volume V12 for reception control is mapped to the real volume R2. If a command is received from a local system 10, the virtual volume V12 for reception control writes data into the virtual volume V21 via the real volume R2 (virtual entity). The virtual volume V21 transmits the data to a copy destination volume V22 and writes the data into the real volume R1.

摘要翻译： 具有不同控制功能的多个虚拟卷与一个实际卷相关联，并进行远程复制。 中继系统包括映射到相同的实际卷R 1的多个虚拟卷V12，V21。用于传输控制的虚拟卷V 21被映射到实际卷R 1，实际卷R 2映射到虚拟卷 音量V21，用于接收控制的虚拟音量V12被映射到实际音量R 2.如果从本地系统10接收到命令，则用于接收控制的虚拟音量V 12经由 真实卷R 2（虚拟实体）。 虚拟卷V21将数据发送到复制目的地卷V 22，并将数据写入实际卷R 1。

公开(公告)号：US20060224851A1

公开(公告)日：2006-10-05

申请号：US11140926

申请日：2005-06-01

申请人： Kelshi Tamura ,  Yasuyuki Nagasoe ,  Yoshihito Nakagawa

发明人： Kelshi Tamura ,  Yasuyuki Nagasoe ,  Yoshihito Nakagawa

IPC分类号： G06F12/00

CPC分类号： G06F3/0605 ,  G06F3/0632 ,  G06F3/0665 ,  G06F3/067 ,  G06F21/805

摘要： Provided is a storage controller having at least one or more first logical devices to be accessed by the host system, and at least one or more virtual devices for connecting the first logical devices and one or more storage devices. At least one of the virtual devices is connected to a second logical device of the other storage controller. With this storage controller, the access attribute of the first logical device and the access attribute of the second logical device are made to coincide by transmitting and receiving access attribute information of at least either the first logical device or the second logical device to and from the second storage controller.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种存储控制器，其具有要由主机系统访问的至少一个或多个第一逻辑设备，以及用于连接第一逻辑设备和一个或多个存储设备的至少一个或多个虚拟设备。 至少一个虚拟设备连接到另一存储控制器的第二逻辑设备。 利用该存储控制器，通过发送和接收至少第一逻辑设备或第二逻辑设备的访问属性信息，使第一逻辑设备的访问属性和第二逻辑设备的访问属性一致 第二存储控制器。

公开(公告)号：US20050120172A1

公开(公告)日：2005-06-02

申请号：US10766850

申请日：2004-01-30

申请人： Satoru Ozaki ,  Yoshihito Nakagawa ,  Hisao Homma ,  Kiichiro Urabe

发明人： Satoru Ozaki ,  Yoshihito Nakagawa ,  Hisao Homma ,  Kiichiro Urabe

IPC分类号： G06F3/06 ,  G06F12/00 ,  G06F12/08 ,  H04L29/08

CPC分类号： G06F3/065 ,  G06F3/0617 ,  G06F3/0623 ,  G06F3/0662 ,  G06F3/067 ,  H04L67/1095 ,  H04L67/1097 ,  Y10S707/99953 ,  Y10S707/99955

摘要： A plurality of virtual volumes with different control functions are associated with one real volume and remote copying is conducted. A relay system comprises a plurality of virtual volumes V12, V21 mapped to the same real volume R1. A virtual volume V21 for transmission control is mapped to a real volume R1, a real volume R2 is mapped to the virtual volume V21, and the virtual volume V12 for reception control is mapped to the real volume R2. If a command is received from a local system 10, the virtual volume V12 for reception control writes data into the virtual volume V21 via the real volume R2 (virtual entity). The virtual volume V21 transmits the data to a copy destination volume V22 and writes the data into the real volume R1.

摘要翻译： 具有不同控制功能的多个虚拟卷与一个实际卷相关联，并进行远程复制。 中继系统包括映射到相同的实际卷R 1的多个虚拟卷V12，V21。用于传输控制的虚拟卷V 21被映射到实际卷R 1，实际卷R 2映射到虚拟卷 音量V21，用于接收控制的虚拟音量V12被映射到实际音量R 2.如果从本地系统10接收到命令，则用于接收控制的虚拟音量V 12经由 真实卷R 2（虚拟实体）。 虚拟卷V21将数据发送到复制目的地卷V 22，并将数据写入实际卷R 1。

公开(公告)号：US20090307429A1

公开(公告)日：2009-12-10

申请号：US12222769

申请日：2008-08-15

申请人： Ryu Takada ,  Yoshihito Nakagawa

发明人： Ryu Takada ,  Yoshihito Nakagawa

IPC分类号： G06F12/08

CPC分类号： G06F12/0804 ,  G06F12/0866

摘要： Proposed is a storage system capable of preventing the compression of a cache memory caused by data remaining in a cache memory of a storage subsystem without being transferred to a storage area of an external storage, and maintaining favorable I/O processing performance of the storage subsystem. In this storage system where an external storage is connected to the storage subsystem and the storage subsystem provides a storage area of the external storage as its own storage area, provided is a volume for saving dirty data remaining in a cache memory of the storage subsystem without being transferred to the external volume. The storage system recognizes the compression of the cache memory, and eliminates the overload of the cache memory by saving dirty data in a save volume.

摘要翻译： 提出了一种存储系统，其能够防止由存储子系统的高速缓冲存储器中剩余的数据引起的高速缓冲存储器的压缩，而不被转移到外部存储器的存储区域，并且保持存储子系统的良好的I / O处理性能 。 在这种存储系统中，外部存储器连接到存储子系统，并且存储子系统提供外部存储器的存储区域作为其自己的存储区域，提供了用于保存存储在子系统的高速缓冲存储器中的脏数据的卷，而没有 被传输到外部卷。 存储系统识别高速缓冲存储器的压缩，并通过将脏数据保存在存储卷中来消除高速缓冲存储器的过载。

公开(公告)号：US07526618B2

公开(公告)日：2009-04-28

申请号：US11338053

申请日：2006-01-23

申请人： Satoru Ozaki ,  Hisao Homma ,  Kiichiro Urabe ,  Yoshihito Nakagawa ,  Keishi Tamura

发明人： Satoru Ozaki ,  Hisao Homma ,  Kiichiro Urabe ,  Yoshihito Nakagawa ,  Keishi Tamura

IPC分类号： G06F13/00

CPC分类号： G06F3/065 ,  G06F3/0617 ,  G06F3/0635 ,  G06F3/067 ,  G06F11/2069

摘要： A storage control system is provided where a first host system connected to a first storage controller can issue a control command to a second storage controller connected another host system. The first storage controller is connected to the second storage controller and the command is issued without providing the command to the other host system. The first storage controller has a virtual volume, a memory unit for storing information necessary for mapping the virtual volume to a logical device in the second storage controller, and attribute information for the logical device. The host system identifies the virtual volume as the logical device in the second storage controller and issues a control command to this logical device via the virtual volume.

摘要翻译： 提供一种存储控制系统，其中连接到第一存储控制器的第一主机系统可以向连接另一主机系统的第二存储控制器发出控制命令。 第一存储控制器连接到第二存储控制器，并且发出命令而不向另一个主机系统提供命令。 第一存储控制器具有虚拟卷，存储单元，用于存储将虚拟卷映射到第二存储控制器中的逻辑设备所需的信息，以及用于逻辑设备的属性信息。 主机系统将虚拟卷标识为第二存储控制器中的逻辑设备，并通过虚拟卷向该逻辑设备发出控制命令。

公开(公告)号：US20090094403A1

公开(公告)日：2009-04-09

申请号：US11970762

申请日：2008-01-08

申请人： Yoshihito NAKAGAWA ,  Satoro Ozaki

发明人： Yoshihito NAKAGAWA ,  Satoro Ozaki

IPC分类号： G06F12/02

CPC分类号： G06F3/0665 ,  G06F3/0605 ,  G06F3/0635 ,  G06F3/067 ,  G06F11/2058 ,  G06F11/2069 ,  G06F11/2074

摘要： The storage system of the present invention is able to generate one virtual logical device from different logical devices which exist in each of the different storage control units and remote-copy all or part of the virtual logical device to another logical device. The same virtual identifier is set for a volume of the first storage unit and for a volume of the second storage unit. The path control unit of the host identifies a plurality of volumes which have the same virtual identifier as one virtual volume. A remote copy pair can also be set by a virtual volume and a volume of the third storage unit. The setting of the virtual volume and the setting of the remote copy can be performed by means of an instruction from the management server.

摘要翻译： 本发明的存储系统能够从不同的逻辑设备生成一个虚拟逻辑设备，该逻辑设备存在于每个不同的存储控制单元中，并且将全部或部分虚拟逻辑设备远程复制到另一个逻辑设备。 为第一存储单元的卷和第二存储单元的卷设置相同的虚拟标识符。 主机的路径控制单元识别具有与一个虚拟卷相同的虚拟标识符的多个卷。 远程副本对也可以由虚拟卷和第三存储单元的卷来设置。 虚拟卷的设置和远程拷贝的设置可以通过管理服务器的指令执行。