公开(公告)号：US20080209144A1

公开(公告)日：2008-08-28

申请号：US11878476

申请日：2007-07-25

申请人： Kazuhisa Fujimoto

发明人： Kazuhisa Fujimoto

IPC分类号： G06F12/00

CPC分类号： G06F3/0661 ,  G06F3/0607 ,  G06F3/067 ,  G06F11/1435 ,  Y10S707/959 ,  Y10S707/99931

摘要： A storage system manages the total capacity of a shared storage medium to store block-basis data and file-basis data. When block data and its address are input through a fiber channel port, an input/output unit converts its data format to a data format that is internally applied by the storage system. When file data and its address are input, a file system converts its data format to a block data format internally applied by the storage system. The file system derives a file logical volume address from the received file address and translates file data to block data. A managing unit derives the address of a block logical volume from the block address delivered from the input/output unit. The managing unit translates block logical volume address or the file logical volume address to a physical address, and writes data to or reads data from the shared storage medium.

摘要翻译： 存储系统管理共享存储介质的总容量以存储基于块的数据和基于文件的数据。 当通过光纤通道端口输入块数据及其地址时，输入/输出单元将其数据格式转换为由存储系统内部应用的数据格式。 当输入文件数据及其地址时，文件系统将其数据格式转换为存储系统内部应用的块数据格式。 文件系统从接收的文件地址中导出文件逻辑卷地址，并将文件数据转换为块数据。 管理单元从输入/输出单元传递的块地址中导出块逻辑卷的地址。 管理单元将块逻辑卷地址或文件逻辑卷地址转换为物理地址，并将数据写入或从共享存储介质读取数据。

公开(公告)号：US07372962B2

公开(公告)日：2008-05-13

申请号：US10951771

申请日：2004-09-29

申请人： Kazuhisa Fujimoto ,  Makio Mizuno ,  Dai Watanabe

发明人： Kazuhisa Fujimoto ,  Makio Mizuno ,  Dai Watanabe

IPC分类号： H04K1/00

CPC分类号： G06F21/78 ,  G06F21/606 ,  G06F21/85 ,  H04L67/1097 ,  H04L69/329

摘要： A storage system 1 includes a channel interface (IF) unit 11 having an interface with a server 3, a disk IF unit 16 having an interface with a hard disk unit 2 , a memory unit 21 for storing data to be read/written from/to the server 3 or the hard disk unit 2 , a switching unit 51, and the hard disk group 2. The channel IF unit 11, the disk IF unit 16, and the memory unit 21 are connected to each other through the switching unit 51, and an encryption and decryption processing unit 201 is provided between a host IF unit 101 and a transfer controller 103 in the channel IF unit 11.

摘要翻译： 存储系统1包括具有与服务器3的接口的通道接口（IF）单元11，具有与硬盘单元2的接口的盘IF单元16，存储单元21，用于存储要从/ 服务器3或硬盘单元2，切换单元51和硬盘组2。 信道IF单元11，盘IF单元16和存储单元21通过切换单元51彼此连接，并且在主机IF单元101和传送控制器103之间提供加密和解密处理单元201 信道IF单元11。

公开(公告)号：US20070271413A1

公开(公告)日：2007-11-22

申请号：US11524907

申请日：2006-09-22

申请人： Akira Fujibayashi ,  Kazuhisa Fujimoto ,  Shuji Nakamura

发明人： Akira Fujibayashi ,  Kazuhisa Fujimoto ,  Shuji Nakamura

IPC分类号： G06F12/00

CPC分类号： G06F3/0631 ,  G06F3/0613 ,  G06F3/0616 ,  G06F3/0625 ,  G06F3/0649 ,  G06F3/067 ,  G06F3/0685 ,  Y02D10/154

摘要： A storage control apparatus according to the present invention includes a plurality of connecting units connected to one or more host computers and one or more hard disk drives as storage media for storing data, one or more non-volatile storage media which are of a different type from the hard disk drives and which store data WRITE requested from the host computer, a plurality of processing units for processing WRITE and READ requests from the host computer by using the hard disk drives or the non-volatile storage media and, a plurality of memory units for storing control information to be by the processing units.

摘要翻译： 根据本发明的存储控制装置包括连接到一个或多个主计算机和一个或多个硬盘驱动器的多个连接单元作为用于存储数据的存储介质，一个或多个不同类型的非易失性存储介质 从硬盘驱动器和从主计算机请求存储数据写入的多个处理单元，用于通过使用硬盘驱动器或非易失性存储介质来处理来自主计算机的写入和读取请求;以及多个存储器 用于存储处理单元所要控制信息的单元。

公开(公告)号：US07260613B2

公开(公告)日：2007-08-21

申请号：US11006592

申请日：2004-12-08

申请人： Kazuhisa Fujimoto

发明人： Kazuhisa Fujimoto

IPC分类号： G06F15/167 ,  G06F13/00

CPC分类号： H04L67/1097 ,  H04L67/1002 ,  H04L69/329 ,  H04L2029/06054

摘要： In a storage system in which: LSW 110 is a local switch, GSW 115 is a global switch, and 21 is a global shared memory unit; when a host computer 3 makes a data read request to a disk control cluster 1-1, a channel interface unit 11 accesses to a local shared memory unit 22 via the LSW 110, and if the data exists in the disk control cluster 1-1, the channel interface unit 11 read the data from the local shared memory unit 22 or the disk drive 2 so as to transfer to the host computer 3. If the data is not in the disk control cluster 1-1, the channel interface unit 11 accesses to the global shared memory unit 21, check a disk control cluster with the requested data stored therein, obtains the requested data from the disk control cluster where the requested data is stored, and transfer the data to the host computer 3. This provides a storage system with a configuration of a desirable scalability and with architecture for high reliability and high performance of the disk control clusters that can deal with a wide range of configurations from a small-scale configuration to a super huge configuration

摘要翻译： 在其中：LSW 110是本地交换机的存储系统中，GSW 115是全局交换机，21是全局共享存储器单元; 当主计算机3向磁盘控制集群1-1进行数据读取请求时，信道接口单元11经由LSW 110访问本地共享存储器单元22，并且如果数据存在于磁盘控制集群1-1 通道接口单元11读取来自本地共享存储器单元22或磁盘驱动器2的数据，以便传送到主计算机3。 如果数据不在磁盘控制集群1-1中，则通道接口单元11访问全局共享存储器单元21，检查其中存储有请求数据的磁盘控制集群，从磁盘控制集群获取所请求的数据， 存储所请求的数据，并将数据传送到主计算机3。 这提供了具有期望的可扩展性的配置的存储系统以及可以处理从小规模配置到超巨大配置的广泛配置的磁盘控制集群的高可靠性和高性能的架构

公开(公告)号：US07240139B2

公开(公告)日：2007-07-03

申请号：US11298716

申请日：2005-12-12

申请人： Kazuhisa Fujimoto ,  Atsushi Tanaka ,  Akira Fujibayashi ,  Hiroki Kanai ,  Nobuyuki Minowa

发明人： Kazuhisa Fujimoto ,  Atsushi Tanaka ,  Akira Fujibayashi ,  Hiroki Kanai ,  Nobuyuki Minowa

IPC分类号： G06F13/14

CPC分类号： G06F3/0611 ,  G06F3/0613 ,  G06F3/0635 ,  G06F3/0658 ,  G06F3/0683 ,  G06F3/0689 ,  G06F12/084 ,  G06F12/0866 ,  G06F13/122

摘要： A disk array control device which includes a plurality of channel interface (IF) units, a plurality of disk IF units, a cache memory unit, and a shared memory unit. The connection system between the plurality of channel IF units and plurality of disk IF units and the cache memory unit is different from the connection system between the plurality of channel IF units and plurality of disk IF units and the shared memory unit. In the invention the plurality of channel IF units and the plurality of disk IF units are connected via a selector to the cache memory unit whereas the plurality of channel IF units and the plurality of disk IF units are directly connected to the shared memory unit with no selectors.

摘要翻译： 一种磁盘阵列控制装置，包括多个通道接口（IF）单元，多个磁盘中频单元，高速缓冲存储器单元和共享存储单元。 多个信道IF单元与多个盘IF单元和高速缓冲存储器单元之间的连接系统与多个信道IF单元与多个盘IF单元和共享存储单元之间的连接系统不同。 在本发明中，多个信道IF单元和多个盘IF单元经由选择器连接到高速缓冲存储器单元，而多个信道IF单元和多个盘IF单元直接连接到共享存储单元，没有 选择器

公开(公告)号：US07103710B2

公开(公告)日：2006-09-05

申请号：US10271797

申请日：2002-10-17

申请人： Kazuhisa Fujimoto ,  Akira Fujibayashi

发明人： Kazuhisa Fujimoto ,  Akira Fujibayashi

IPC分类号： G06F12/00

CPC分类号： G06F3/0601 ,  G06F3/0611 ,  G06F3/0613 ,  G06F3/0656 ,  G06F3/0659 ,  G06F3/0689 ,  G06F12/0866 ,  G06F2003/0692

摘要： A disk array controller having a first interface unit to a host computer, a second interface unit to a plurality of disk drives, a cache memory unit for temporarily storing data to be transferred to and from the disk drives, and a selector unit provided between the first and second interface units and the cache memory unit, wherein a plurality of connection requests from the first and second interface units are queued to preferentially process a connection request for a vacant access port to the cache memory unit.

公开(公告)号：US07069385B2

公开(公告)日：2006-06-27

申请号：US10795719

申请日：2004-03-09

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： G06F12/00

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

摘要： A storage system 1 includes: plural protocol transformation units 10 that transform, to a protocol within the system, a read/write protocol of data exchanged with servers 3 or hard disk groups 2; plural cache control units 21 that include cache memory units 111 storing data read/written with the servers 3 or the hard disk groups 2 and which include the function of controlling the cache memory units 111; and an interconnection network 31 that connects the protocol transformation units 10 and the cache control units 21. In this storage system 1, the plural cache control units 21 are divided into plural control clusters 70, control of the cache memory units 111 is independent inside the control clusters, and a system management unit 60 that manages, as a single system, the plural protocol transformation units 10 and the plural control clusters 70 is connected to the interconnection network 30.

摘要翻译： 存储系统1包括：多个协议转换单元10，其将与服务器3或硬盘组2交换的数据的读/写协议转换为系统内的协议; 多个高速缓存控制单元21，其包括存储与服务器3或硬盘组2读取/写入的数据的高速缓冲存储器单元111，并且包括控制高速缓冲存储器单元111的功能; 以及连接协议变换部10和高速缓存控制部21的互联网31。 在该存储系统1中，将多个高速缓存控制部21分割为多个控制集群70，高速缓存存储部111的控制在控制集群内独立，系统管理部60作为单个系统管理多个 协议转换单元10和多个控制集群70连接到互连网络30。

公开(公告)号：US20060090027A1

公开(公告)日：2006-04-27

申请号：US11298716

申请日：2005-12-12

申请人： Kazuhisa Fujimoto ,  Atsushi Tanaka ,  Akira Fujibayashi ,  Hiroki Kanai ,  Nobuyuki Minowa

发明人： Kazuhisa Fujimoto ,  Atsushi Tanaka ,  Akira Fujibayashi ,  Hiroki Kanai ,  Nobuyuki Minowa

IPC分类号： G06F13/00

CPC分类号： G06F3/0611 ,  G06F3/0613 ,  G06F3/0635 ,  G06F3/0658 ,  G06F3/0683 ,  G06F3/0689 ,  G06F12/084 ,  G06F12/0866 ,  G06F13/122

摘要： A disk array control device which includes a plurality of channel interface (IF) units, a plurality of disk IF units, a cache memory unit, and a shared memory unit. The connection system between the plurality of channel IF units and plurality of disk IF units and the cache memory unit is different from the connection system between the plurality of channel IF units and plurality of disk IF units and the shared memory unit. In the invention the plurality of channel IF units and the plurality of disk IF units are connected via a selector to the cache memory unit whereas the plurality of channel IF units and the plurality of disk IF units are directly connected to the shared memory unit with no selectors.

公开(公告)号：US06968426B1

公开(公告)日：2005-11-22

申请号：US09700874

申请日：1998-05-18

申请人： Kazuhisa Fujimoto ,  Akira Fujibayashi ,  Nobuyuki Minowa

发明人： Kazuhisa Fujimoto ,  Akira Fujibayashi ,  Nobuyuki Minowa

IPC分类号： G06F3/06 ,  G06F11/20 ,  G06F12/00 ,  G06F12/08

CPC分类号： G06F3/0658 ,  G06F3/061 ,  G06F3/0626 ,  G06F3/0635 ,  G06F3/0689 ,  G06F11/1666 ,  G06F11/2007 ,  G06F11/201 ,  G06F12/084 ,  G06F12/0866

摘要： This invention relates to a disk array controller. There has been demand for a large scale memory device system operable without interruption. Further, in order to cope with the recent trend toward open systems, scalability of performance and capacity in such systems is needed.Conventionally, internal buses such as ones which connect the channel interface section to the shared memory section, and the disk interface section to the shared memory section, have been mounted on one platter, and the channel interface and other packages have been mounted thereon. If the internal buses have failed, the operation of the whole system must be stopped. There has been another problem that the performance of the internal buses is fixed.A disk array controller according to this invention comprises an interface platter on which a channel interface section and a disk interface section are mounted, a memory platter on which a shared memory section is mounted, and a cable which connects the interface platter to the memory platter in order to solve the above problems.

摘要翻译： 本发明涉及一种磁盘阵列控制器。 需要大量的存储器件系统可操作而不中断。 此外，为了应对最近开放系统的趋势，需要这种系统的性能和容量的可扩展性。 通常，将一个将通道接口部分连接到共享存储器部分的内部总线和共享存储器部分的盘接口部分安装在一个盘片上，并且其上安装了通道接口和其他包装。 如果内部总线出现故障，整个系统的运行必须停止。 另外还有一个问题是内部总线的性能是固定的。 根据本发明的磁盘阵列控制器包括其上安装有通道接口部分和磁盘接口部分的接口拼盘，其上安装有共享存储器部分的存储器盘片和将接口盘连接到存储器盘片的电缆 以解决上述问题。

公开(公告)号：US20050177670A1

公开(公告)日：2005-08-11

申请号：US10820964

申请日：2004-04-07

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

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

IPC分类号： G06F3/06 ,  G06F13/40 ,  G06F13/00

CPC分类号： G06F13/4022

摘要： A storage system is comprised of an interface unit 10 which has an interface with a server 3 or hard drives 2, a memory unit 21 which has a cache memory module 126 for storing data to be read from/written to the server 3 or the hard drives 2 and a control information memory module 127 for storing control information of the system, a processor unit 81 which has a microprocessor for controlling the read/write of data between the server 3 and the hard drives 2, and an interconnection 31, wherein the interface unit 10, memory unit 21 and processor unit 81 are interconnected with the interconnection 31.

摘要翻译： 存储系统包括与服务器3或硬盘驱动器2具有接口的接口单元10，存储单元21，其具有用于存储要从服务器3读取/写入数据或硬写入的数据的高速缓冲存储器模块126 驱动器2和用于存储系统的控制信息的控制信息存储器模块127，具有用于控制服务器3和硬盘驱动器2之间的数据读/写的微处理器的处理器单元81和互连31，其中， 接口单元10，存储器单元21和处理器单元81与互连31互连。