公开(公告)号：US20070033342A1

公开(公告)日：2007-02-08

申请号：US11545514

申请日：2006-10-11

申请人： Seiji Kaneko ,  Hiroki Kanai

发明人： Seiji Kaneko ,  Hiroki Kanai

IPC分类号： G06F13/00 ,  G06F12/00

CPC分类号： G06F12/0866 ,  G06F3/0611 ,  G06F3/0658 ,  G06F3/0659 ,  G06F3/067 ,  G06F3/0689 ,  G06F12/0815 ,  G06F12/0817 ,  Y10S707/99952

摘要： A disk array device is equipped with a plurality of input/output channels that receive data input/output requests from an external device, a plurality of cache memories provided for the corresponding respective input/output channels, each of the cache memories connected to each of the corresponding respective input/output channels, a disk drive device, a disk control module that performs data input/output to and from the disk drive device, and a communication module that communicatively connects the input/output channels with the disk control module. The disk array device also includes a consistency maintaining module that can perform a consistency maintaining processing to maintain consistency of data stored in each of the cache memories. According to the content of the data input/output request received from the external device, an execution order of a response processing to respond to the external device according to the data input/output request and the consistency maintaining processing is controlled.

公开(公告)号：US07130961B2

公开(公告)日：2006-10-31

申请号：US09785477

申请日：2001-02-20

申请人： Hiroki Kanai ,  Kazuhisa Fujimoto ,  Akira Fujibayashi

发明人： Hiroki Kanai ,  Kazuhisa Fujimoto ,  Akira Fujibayashi

IPC分类号： G06F12/00

CPC分类号： G06F12/0871 ,  G06F12/0815 ,  G06F2212/284 ,  G06F2212/312

摘要： To execute cache data identity control between disk controllers in plural disk controllers provided with each cache. To prevent a trouble from being propagated to another disk controller even if the trouble occurs in a specific disk controller. The identity control of data is executed via a communication means between disk controllers. In case update access from a host is received, data in a cache memory of a disk controller that controls at least a data storage drive is updated. It is desirable that a cache area is divided into an area for a drive controlled by the disk controller and an area for a drive controlled by another disk controller and is used.

公开(公告)号：US06988087B2

公开(公告)日：2006-01-17

申请号：US09919930

申请日：2001-08-02

申请人： Hiroki Kanai ,  Tatsumi Uchigiri ,  Kazuhisa Fujimoto

发明人： Hiroki Kanai ,  Tatsumi Uchigiri ,  Kazuhisa Fujimoto

IPC分类号： G06F17/60

CPC分类号： G06Q30/02 ,  G06Q50/188

摘要： The present invention provides a service method of rental storage, which, when a rental storage service provider provides a rental storage for rental storage service users, allows ideal use of storages in correspondence with the billing charge to the users by proposing the most optimum contract options to the users, and which allows suppressing the management cost of the users.The service method of rental storage through network connection, the storage provider will estimate the future usage of storage based on the history of usage of storage by the rental storage service user to report the estimation to the user. The rental storage service user will update the contract by expanding or reducing the amount of data usage so as to receive the most optimum contract conditions of rental storage service.

公开(公告)号：US06985989B2

公开(公告)日：2006-01-10

申请号：US10643973

申请日：2003-08-20

申请人： Kazuhisa Fujimoto ,  Hiroki Kanai ,  Akira Fujibayashi ,  Wataru Sakurai

发明人： Kazuhisa Fujimoto ,  Hiroki Kanai ,  Akira Fujibayashi ,  Wataru Sakurai

IPC分类号： G06F13/14 ,  G06F12/02

CPC分类号： G06F3/0607 ,  G06F3/061 ,  G06F3/0613 ,  G06F3/0635 ,  G06F3/0658 ,  G06F3/067 ,  G06F3/0683 ,  G06F3/0689 ,  G06F12/0866

摘要： A disk array controller is made up of multiple disk array control units for implementing the data read/write operation and each having channel IF units, disk IF units, cache memory units and shared memory units. The disk array controller further includes inter connections for interconnecting the shared memory units and interconnecting the cache memory units across the border of disk array control units. Thereby alleviating the deterioration of performance due to the data transfer between the disk array control units, when the multiple disk array control units are to be operated as a single disk array controller.

摘要翻译： 磁盘阵列控制器由用于实现数据读/写操作的多个磁盘阵列控制单元组成，每个磁盘阵列控制单元具有信道IF单元，磁盘中继单元，高速缓冲存储器单元和共享存储单元。 磁盘阵列控制器还包括用于互连共享存储器单元并且跨越磁盘阵列控制单元的边界互连高速缓冲存储器单元的互连。 由此，在将多个磁盘阵列控制单元作为单个磁盘阵列控制器进行动作时，能够减轻由于磁盘阵列控制单元之间的数据传送引起的性能的劣化。

公开(公告)号：US20050223171A1

公开(公告)日：2005-10-06

申请号：US10859176

申请日：2004-06-03

申请人： Hiroki Kanai

发明人： Hiroki Kanai

IPC分类号： G06F13/10 ,  G06F3/06 ,  G06F11/20 ,  G06F12/00 ,  G06F13/28 ,  G06F12/14

CPC分类号： G06F3/061 ,  G06F3/0658 ,  G06F3/0659 ,  G06F3/0661 ,  G06F3/0683 ,  G06F11/2089

摘要： The enclosure 10 in which the storage control system 600 is constructed comprises a scale-out NAS head group 111 constituted by two or more NAS heads, and a scale-up NAS head 110H that is a higher performance NAS head than each of NAS head members 110L that are the NAS heads constituting the scale-out NAS group 111. The enclosure 10 permits insertion into general-purpose slots 104 in which the NAS head members 110L and another type of channel control unit 112 that differs from the NAS head members 110L are inserted. The scale-up NAS head 110H is mounted within the enclosure 10 in a different location from the general-purpose slots 104.

摘要翻译： 其中构成存储控制系统600的外壳10包括由两个或更多个NAS头构成的向外扩展的NAS头组111和比NAS头中的每个更高性能的NAS头的放大NAS头110H 作为构成向外扩展NAS组111的NAS头的构件110L。机壳10允许插入通用时隙104，其中NAS头构件110L和与NAS头不同的另一类型的频道控制单元112 成员110L被插入。 放大NAS头110H在与通用槽104不同的位置安装在外壳10内。

公开(公告)号：US20050097273A1

公开(公告)日：2005-05-05

申请号：US10771465

申请日：2004-02-05

申请人： Hiroki Kanai

发明人： Hiroki Kanai

IPC分类号： G06F13/28 ,  G06F3/06 ,  G06F12/00 ,  G06F13/38

CPC分类号： G06F13/385 ,  G06F3/0613 ,  G06F3/0656 ,  G06F3/0659 ,  G06F3/067

摘要： A storage device controller has a channel controller a disk controller; and a first memory for storing data delivered between the channel controller and the disk controller. The channel controller has a circuit board on which a first processor, a file access processor having a second processor and a second memory, a data transfer device and a third memory are formed. The second processor transmits information indicating the storage position of data in the second memory to the first processor, the first processor writes into the third memory data transfer information containing information indicating the storage position of data in the first memory and information indicating the storage position of the data in second memory, and the data transfer device reads out data transfer information from the third memory and controls the data transfer between the first memory and the second memory on the basis of data transfer information thus read out.

摘要翻译： 存储设备控制器具有通道控制器盘控制器; 以及用于存储在通道控制器和盘控制器之间传送的数据的第一存储器。 通道控制器具有电路板，其上形成有第一处理器，具有第二处理器和第二存储器的文件访问处理器，数据传送装置和第三存储器。 第二处理器将指示第二存储器中的数据的存储位置的信息发送到第一处理器，第一处理器向第三存储器写入包含指示第一存储器中的数据的存储位置的信息和指示存储位置的信息的第三存储器数据传送信息 第二存储器中的数据和数据传送装置从第三存储器读出数据传送信息，并且根据读出的数据传送信息控制第一存储器和第二存储器之间的数据传送。

公开(公告)号：US5903724A

公开(公告)日：1999-05-11

申请号：US708955

申请日：1996-09-06

申请人： Yoshifumi Takamoto ,  Hiroki Kanai ,  Tadahiro Takase ,  Katsuyoshi Kitai ,  Yoshimasa Masuoka

发明人： Yoshifumi Takamoto ,  Hiroki Kanai ,  Tadahiro Takase ,  Katsuyoshi Kitai ,  Yoshimasa Masuoka

IPC分类号： G06F13/00 ,  H04L1/16 ,  H04L1/18 ,  H04L12/70 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04L29/08 ,  G06F3/00

CPC分类号： H04L29/06 ,  H04L1/1809 ,  H04L1/16 ,  H04L1/1874 ,  H04L69/324

摘要： A communication controller at the sending computer divides data transferred from a host into sub-ACK unit packets and transfers them sequentially to a destination without waiting for the sub-ACK's being subsequently provided by the destination. A communication controller at the receiving computer issues a sub-ACK to the sending computer for each of the sub-ACK unit packet, if the sub-ACK packet has been normally received and otherwise issues retransmission request for the sub-ACK unit packets and merges data included in the sub-ACK unit packets into the initial data, after they are normally received.

摘要翻译： 发送计算机上的通信控制器将从主机传送的数据分割为子ACK单元分组，并将它们顺序地传送到目的地，而不必等待目的地随后提供的副ACK。 如果副ACK分组已被正常接收，则在接收计算机上的通信控制器向发送计算机发送子ACK，以便对于每个子ACK单元分组发送子ACK，并且另外发出用于子ACK单元分组的重发请求并合并 包含在子ACK单元中的数据在它们被正常接收之后被分组成初始数据。

公开(公告)号：US07549019B2

公开(公告)日：2009-06-16

申请号：US11713728

申请日：2007-03-05

申请人： Hiroki Kanai

发明人： Hiroki Kanai

IPC分类号： G06F12/00

CPC分类号： G06F3/061 ,  G06F3/0658 ,  G06F3/0659 ,  G06F3/0661 ,  G06F3/0683 ,  G06F11/2089

摘要： The enclosure 10 in which the storage control system 600 is constructed comprises a scale-out NAS head group 111 constituted by two or more NAS heads, and a scale-up NAS head 110H that is a higher performance NAS head than each of NAS head members 110L that are the NAS heads constituting the scale-out NAS group 111. The enclosure 10 permits insertion into general-purpose slots 104 in which the NAS head members 110L and another type of channel control unit 112 that differs from the NAS head members 110L are inserted. The scale-up NAS head 110H is mounted within the enclosure 10 in a different location from the general-purpose slots 104.

摘要翻译： 其中构成存储控制系统600的机壳10包括由两个或更多个NAS头构成的向外伸出的NAS头组111和比NAS头部件中的每个更高性能的NAS头的放大NAS头110H 110L是构成向外扩展NAS组111的NAS头。外壳10允许插入到其中与NAS头构件110L不同的NAS头构件110L和另一类型的通道控制单元112的通用槽104中 插入。 放大NAS头110H在与通用槽104不同的位置安装在外壳10内。

公开(公告)号：US07424575B2

公开(公告)日：2008-09-09

申请号：US11790720

申请日：2007-04-27

申请人： Hiroki Kanai ,  Shoji Kato ,  Yuusuke Yauchi

发明人： Hiroki Kanai ,  Shoji Kato ,  Yuusuke Yauchi

IPC分类号： G06F12/00 ,  G06F13/00 ,  G06F15/167

CPC分类号： G06F3/0605 ,  G06F3/061 ,  G06F3/0655 ,  G06F3/0658 ,  G06F3/0665 ,  G06F3/067 ,  G06F3/0689 ,  G06F11/2071 ,  G06F11/2074 ,  G06F13/28

摘要： In a storage system having a first storage control apparatus and a second storage control apparatus, the first storage control apparatus has: a first memory; a second memory; an input/output control unit for data transfer information in the second memory; and a data transfer control unit having a data buffer and a data transfer register for controlling data transfer between the first memory and second storage control apparatus based on the data transfer information read from the second memory and written in the data transfer register. When a second data transfer is controlled while a first data transfer is controlled, the data transfer control unit writes the first data transfer information and data stored in the data buffer into the second memory, reads the second data transfer information from the second memory and writes the second data transfer information into the data transfer register to control the second data transfer.

摘要翻译： 在具有第一存储控制装置和第二存储控制装置的存储系统中，第一存储控制装置具有：第一存储器; 第二个记忆; 用于第二存储器中的数据传送信息的输入/输出控制单元; 以及数据传送控制单元，具有数据缓冲器和数据传送寄存器，用于基于从第二存储器读取并写入数据传送寄存器的数据传送信息来控制第一存储器和第二存储控制装置之间的数据传送。 当控制第一数据传输时的第二数据传送被控制时，数据传送控制单元将存储在数据缓冲器中的第一数据传送信息和数据写入第二存储器，从第二存储器读取第二数据传送信息并写入 第二个数据传输信息进入数据传输寄存器来控制第二个数据传输。

公开(公告)号：US20080016285A1

公开(公告)日：2008-01-17

申请号：US11896657

申请日：2007-09-05

申请人： Seiji Kaneko ,  Hiroki Kanai

发明人： Seiji Kaneko ,  Hiroki Kanai

IPC分类号： G06F12/00

CPC分类号： G06F12/0866 ,  G06F3/0611 ,  G06F3/0658 ,  G06F3/0659 ,  G06F3/067 ,  G06F3/0689 ,  G06F12/0815 ,  G06F12/0817 ,  Y10S707/99952

摘要： A disk array device is equipped with a plurality of input/output channels that receive data input/output requests from an external device, a plurality of cache memories provided for the corresponding respective input/output channels, each of the cache memories connected to each of the corresponding respective input/output channels, a disk drive device, a disk control module that performs data input/output to and from the disk drive device, and a communication module that communicatively connects the input/output channels with the disk control module. The disk array device also includes a consistency maintaining module that can perform a consistency maintaining processing to maintain consistency of data stored in each of the cache memories. According to the content of the data input/output request received from the external device, an execution order of a response processing to respond to the external device according to the data input/output request and the consistency maintaining processing is controlled.

摘要翻译： 磁盘阵列装置配备有从外部设备接收数据输入/输出请求的多个输入/输出通道，为相应的相应输入/输出通道提供的多个高速缓存存储器，每个缓存存储器连接到 对应的各个输入/输出通道，磁盘驱动器装置，对磁盘驱动装置执行数据输入/输出的磁盘控制模块，以及将输入/输出通道与磁盘控制模块通信连接的通信模块。 磁盘阵列设备还包括一致性维护模块，该模块可以执行一致性维持处理以保持存储在每个高速缓冲存储器中的数据的一致性。 根据从外部设备接收的数据输入/输出请求的内容，控制根据数据输入/输出请求和一致性维护处理对外部设备进行响应的响应处理的执行顺序。