公开(公告)号：US20130067139A1

公开(公告)日：2013-03-14

申请号：US13259763

申请日：2011-09-13

申请人： Akira Yamamoto ,  Masayuki Yamamoto

发明人： Akira Yamamoto ,  Masayuki Yamamoto

IPC分类号： G06F12/02

CPC分类号： G06F3/0688 ,  G06F3/0608 ,  G06F3/0619 ,  G06F3/064 ,  G06F3/065 ,  G06F3/0665 ,  G06F12/0246 ,  G06F17/28 ,  G06F2212/1024 ,  G06F2212/7204 ,  G06F2212/7208 ,  G09B17/00 ,  G09B19/06

摘要： A storage system comprises a plurality of flash packages comprising a plurality of flash chips, and a storage controller for receiving a first write request from a higher-level apparatus and sending a second write request of write data based on data conforming to this first write request to a write-destination flash package, and demonstrates a capacity virtualization function for causing a storage capacity to appear larger than an actual storage capacity for the higher-level apparatus, and for configuring a storage space using page units. The storage system generates a second VOL (logical volume) based on a first VOL, manages a plurality of VOLs comprising the first VOL and one or more second VOLs generated based on the first VOL as a VOL group, and allocates the same page to areas of the same address of the plurality of VOLs configuring the VOL group.

公开(公告)号：US20120317333A1

公开(公告)日：2012-12-13

申请号：US13140327

申请日：2011-06-07

申请人： Akira Yamamoto ,  Masayuki Yamamoto

发明人： Akira Yamamoto ,  Masayuki Yamamoto

IPC分类号： G06F12/00

CPC分类号： G06F3/0619 ,  G06F3/0608 ,  G06F3/064 ,  G06F3/0665 ,  G06F3/067 ,  G06F3/0688

摘要： A storage system has a plurality of flash packages, and a storage controller for receiving a write request from a host and sending a write-data write request based on data conforming to this write request to a write-destination flash package. A virtual capacity, which is larger than the physical capacity of the flash package, is defined in the storage controller. The storage system compresses the write data, and writes the compressed write data to the write-destination flash chip.

摘要翻译： 存储系统具有多个闪存封装，以及存储控制器，用于从主机接收写入请求，并且基于符合该写入请求的数据将写入数据写入请求发送到写入目的地闪存封装。 在存储控制器中定义大于闪存包的物理容量的虚拟容量。 存储系统压缩写入数据，并将压缩的写入数据写入到写入目的地闪存芯片。

公开(公告)号：US08275965B2

公开(公告)日：2012-09-25

申请号：US12248519

申请日：2008-10-09

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： G06F12/16

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

摘要： For a storage apparatus in which flash memory disks and hard disks coexist, high-density mounting of flash memory modules is achieved. A storage apparatus in accordance with the present invention includes flash memories and a storage controller. A second storage apparatus including magnetic disks is connected to the storage apparatus. For creation of a logical volume, the storage controller can form a storage area using a flash memory or a magnetic disk. 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 input/output 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 imposed on the number of times of deletion 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。 根据本发明的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。 为了创建逻辑卷，存储控制器可以使用闪存或磁盘形成存储区域。 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输入/输出请求。 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，并且考虑到施加在主计算机上的限制而确定的替代区域容量 删除闪存的次数。

公开(公告)号：US20120096231A1

公开(公告)日：2012-04-19

申请号：US12992383

申请日：2010-10-14

申请人： Noboru Morishita ,  Hideo Saito ,  Yoshiaki Eguchi ,  Masayuki Yamamoto ,  Akira Yamamoto

发明人： Noboru Morishita ,  Hideo Saito ,  Yoshiaki Eguchi ,  Masayuki Yamamoto ,  Akira Yamamoto

IPC分类号： G06F12/02

CPC分类号： G06F3/0647 ,  G06F3/0608 ,  G06F3/0611 ,  G06F3/0619 ,  G06F3/0644 ,  G06F3/0665 ,  G06F3/067

摘要： A second storage maps a migration source volume to a virtual volume of a migration destination volume according to storage virtualization technology. A host system including a host switches an access path from an access path to the migration source volume to an access path to the migration destination volume. The second storage executes copy processing of migrating, from the migration source volume to the migration destination volume, data in an assigned area of a virtual volume according to thin provisioning of the migration source volume based on the information contained in the first thin provisioning information in the first storage, and copying that data from the migration destination volume to a virtual volume according to thin provisioning of a copy destination volume in the second storage. The second storage associates the virtual volume of the copy destination volume with the migration destination volume in substitute for the original virtual volume.

摘要翻译： 根据存储虚拟化技术，第二个存储将迁移源卷映射到迁移目标卷的虚拟卷。 包括主机的主机系统将从访问路径到迁移源卷的访问路径切换到迁移目的地卷的访问路径。 所述第二存储器执行复制处理，所述复制处理根据所述第一精简配置信息中包含的信息，执行从所述迁移源卷迁移到所述迁移目的地卷的虚拟卷的分配区域中的数据， 第一存储器，以及根据第二存储器中的复制目的地卷的精简配置将数据从迁移目的地卷复制到虚拟卷。 第二个存储将复制目标卷的虚拟卷与迁移目标卷相关联，以替代原始虚拟卷。

公开(公告)号：US07370104B2

公开(公告)日：2008-05-06

申请号：US11637006

申请日：2006-12-12

申请人： Naoto Matsunami ,  Akira Yamamoto ,  Hideki Kamimaki ,  Masatoshi Ichikawa ,  Jun Matsumoto ,  Yasuyuki Mimatsu ,  Ikuya Yagisawa ,  Masayuki Yamamoto ,  Yasunori Kaneda

发明人： Naoto Matsunami ,  Akira Yamamoto ,  Hideki Kamimaki ,  Masatoshi Ichikawa ,  Jun Matsumoto ,  Yasuyuki Mimatsu ,  Ikuya Yagisawa ,  Masayuki Yamamoto ,  Yasunori Kaneda

IPC分类号： G06F15/173

CPC分类号： G06F3/0601 ,  G06F3/0605 ,  G06F3/061 ,  G06F3/0622 ,  G06F3/0631 ,  G06F3/0637 ,  G06F3/0665 ,  G06F3/067 ,  G06F3/0683 ,  G06F15/17337 ,  G06F21/805 ,  G06F2003/0697 ,  G06F2206/1012 ,  H04L67/1097

摘要： The Computer System consists of components including more than one Computer and Storage Subsystem to which more than one Computer are connected. The Storage Subsystem is equipped with more than one Storage Unit, Management Table registering information to manage Storage Units accessible by each of the Computers and Controller to control accesses by more than one Computer to more than one Storage Unit. The controller controls the accesses according to the information set in the Management Table when the Storage Unit is accessed by the Computer.

摘要翻译： 计算机系统由包括多个计算机和多个计算机连接的多个计算机和存储子系统的组件组成。 存储子系统配备有多个存储单元，管理表注册信息以管理每个计算机和控制器可访问的存储单元，以控制多个计算机到多个存储单元的访问。 当计算机访问存储单元时，控制器根据管理表中设置的信息控制访问。

公开(公告)号：US07281158B2

公开(公告)日：2007-10-09

申请号：US10934061

申请日：2004-09-03

申请人： Masayuki Yamamoto ,  Akira Yamamoto ,  Kenji Yamagami

发明人： Masayuki Yamamoto ,  Akira Yamamoto ,  Kenji Yamagami

IPC分类号： G06F11/00

CPC分类号： G06F11/2069 ,  G06F11/2058

摘要： A multiple disk system comprises plural physical drives organized as plural groups of disks. Each group is accessed as a plurality of logical volumes. One of the logical drives is considered a primary volume and one or more other logical volumes are considered as secondary volumes, which together constitute a mirroring group. Data contained in a memory records such organization. The data is consulted to select a secondary volume when the disk group containing a primary volume fails.

摘要翻译： 多磁盘系统包括被组织为多组磁盘的多个物理驱动器。 每个组作为多个逻辑卷被访问。 逻辑驱动器中的一个被认为是主卷，并且一个或多个其他逻辑卷被视为辅助卷，它们一起构成一个镜像组。 内存中包含的数据记录这样的组织。 当包含主卷的磁盘组发生故障时，将查询数据以选择辅助卷。

公开(公告)号：US07240197B1

公开(公告)日：2007-07-03

申请号：US09618202

申请日：2000-07-18

申请人： Kenji Yamagami ,  Akira Yamamoto ,  Naoko Iwami ,  Masayuki Yamamoto

发明人： Kenji Yamagami ,  Akira Yamamoto ,  Naoko Iwami ,  Masayuki Yamamoto

IPC分类号： H04L9/00

CPC分类号： G06F21/80 ,  G06F12/1408 ,  H04L9/0894 ,  H04L2209/60

摘要： In a storage system having local and remote disk systems, a system is described for selectively controlling the security of data on a volume by volume basis, for transparently exchanging encryption keys between the local and remote disk systems, and for controlling when encryption is used in the storage of data.

摘要翻译： 在具有本地和远程磁盘系统的存储系统中，描述了一种系统，用于选择性地控制基于卷的数据的安全性，用于在本地和远程磁盘系统之间透明地交换加密密钥，并且用于控制何时使用加密 存储数据。

公开(公告)号：US20060123207A1

公开(公告)日：2006-06-08

申请号：US11079236

申请日：2005-03-15

申请人： Akira Yamamoto ,  Fumi Miyazaki ,  Masayuki Yamamoto ,  Yasunori Kaneda

发明人： Akira Yamamoto ,  Fumi Miyazaki ,  Masayuki Yamamoto ,  Yasunori Kaneda

IPC分类号： G06F12/16 ,  G06F12/00

CPC分类号： G06F3/065 ,  G06F3/0605 ,  G06F3/0686

摘要： Long-term preservation of data (archive) has become more important. In order to reduce the maintenance cost for data, a first storage system consolidating a disk system and an MT library system has a disk interface with respect to a host computer and has a function of storing a logical volume in an MT. In addition, the first storage system has a function of managing information such as information indicating in which MT the logical volume is stored, and in which slot of a library the MT is stored. By using such functions, it is possible to integrally manage storage areas of the disk system and the MT library as logical volumes, thereby reducing the management cost.

摘要翻译： 长期保存数据（归档）变得更加重要。 为了降低数据的维护成本，整合磁盘系统和MT库系统的第一存储系统具有相对于主计算机的磁盘接口，并且具有将逻辑卷存储在MT中的功能。 此外，第一存储系统具有管理信息的功能，诸如指示在哪个MT中存储逻辑卷的信息，以及在存储MT的库的哪个时隙中。 通过使用这些功能，可以将磁盘系统和MT库的存储区域整体地管理为逻辑卷，从而降低管理成本。

公开(公告)号：US20130318196A1

公开(公告)日：2013-11-28

申请号：US13514437

申请日：2012-05-23

申请人： Akira Yamamoto ,  Hideo Saito ,  Yoshiaki Eguchi ,  Masayuki Yamamoto ,  Noboru Morishita

发明人： Akira Yamamoto ,  Hideo Saito ,  Yoshiaki Eguchi ,  Masayuki Yamamoto ,  Noboru Morishita

IPC分类号： G06F15/167

CPC分类号： G06F12/0871 ,  G06F12/0893

摘要： In general, a DRAM is used as a cache memory, and when attempting to expand the capacity of the cache memory to increase the hit ratio, the DRAM is required to be physically augmented, which is not a simple task. Consequently, a storage system uses a page, which conforms to a capacity virtualization function (for example, a page allocatable to a logical volume in accordance with Thin Provisioning), as a cache area. This makes it possible to dynamically increase and decrease the cache capacity.

摘要翻译： 通常，将DRAM用作高速缓冲存储器，并且当试图扩大高速缓冲存储器的容量以增加命中率时，需要物理地增加DRAM，这不是一项简单的任务。 因此，存储系统使用符合容量虚拟化功能（例如，根据精简配置的可分配给逻辑卷的页面）作为缓存区域的页面。 这使得可以动态地增加和减少高速缓存容量。

公开(公告)号：US08510515B2

公开(公告)日：2013-08-13

申请号：US13054389

申请日：2010-12-22

申请人： Akira Yamamoto ,  Noboru Morishita ,  Hideo Saito ,  Yoshiaki Eguchi ,  Masayuki Yamamoto

发明人： Akira Yamamoto ,  Noboru Morishita ,  Hideo Saito ,  Yoshiaki Eguchi ,  Masayuki Yamamoto

IPC分类号： G06F12/00

CPC分类号： G06F3/0644 ,  G06F3/0608 ,  G06F3/0617 ,  G06F3/062 ,  G06F3/0647 ,  G06F3/0665 ,  G06F3/067 ,  G06F3/0683

摘要： A first virtual storage and a second virtual storage share an external LU (Logical Unit) inside an external storage. The first virtual storage comprises a first LU, which comprises multiple first virtual areas and conforms to thin provisioning, and an external capacity pool, which is a storage area based on the external LU, and which is partitioned into multiple external pages, which are sub-storage areas. The second virtual storage comprises a second LU, which comprises multiple second virtual areas and conforms to thin provisioning. In a data migration from the first LU to the second LU, for a data migration from a first virtual area, to which an external page has been allocated, to a second virtual area, the first virtual storage notifies the second virtual storage of a migration-source address, which is an address of the first virtual area, and an external address, which is an address of the external page that has been allocated to this virtual area, and the second virtual storage stores a corresponding relationship between the notified migration-source address and external address.

摘要翻译： 第一虚拟存储器和第二虚拟存储器在外部存储器内共享外部LU（逻辑单元）。 第一虚拟存储器包括第一LU，其包括多个第一虚拟区域并且符合精简配置;以及外部容量池，其是基于外部LU的存储区域，并且被划分为多个外部页面，其是子 储存区域。 第二虚拟存储器包括第二LU，其包括多个第二虚拟区域并且符合精简配置。 在从第一LU到第二LU的数据迁移中，对于从第一虚拟区域到已经分配了外部页面的数据迁移到第二虚拟区域，第一虚拟存储器向第二虚拟存储器通知迁移 作为第一虚拟区域的地址的源地址和作为被分配给该虚拟区域的外部页面的地址的外部地址，并且第二虚拟存储器存储所通知的迁移 - 源地址和外部地址。