公开(公告)号：US07035975B2

公开(公告)日：2006-04-25

申请号：US10757936

申请日：2004-01-16

申请人： Seiichi Higaki ,  Yoshinori Okami ,  Takao Satoh

发明人： Seiichi Higaki ,  Yoshinori Okami ,  Takao Satoh

IPC分类号： G06F12/16 ,  G06F11/00

CPC分类号： G06F11/1092 ,  G06F3/061 ,  G06F3/0631 ,  G06F3/0635 ,  G06F3/0689 ,  G06F11/1662 ,  G06F11/2094

摘要： When a bus is used as a data communication channel, data within a disk unit cannot be reproduced or copied into a spare disk while a control unit is making read/write processing based on a request from a host computer, or vice versa. Thus, a loop is constructed by a fiber channel capable of time division multiplex function, and the processing between the disk unit and the spare is performed not through the control unit so that the data within the disk can be copied into the spare while the processing between the host computer and the disk unit is being performed, or both processing operations can be executed in parallel.

公开(公告)号：US20060085612A1

公开(公告)日：2006-04-20

申请号：US11248382

申请日：2005-10-11

申请人： Toshio Nakano ,  Katsunori Nakamura ,  Mikito Ogata ,  Yoshinori Okami ,  Seiichi Higaki ,  Hiroshi Abei ,  Shigeru Kishiro

发明人： Toshio Nakano ,  Katsunori Nakamura ,  Mikito Ogata ,  Yoshinori Okami ,  Seiichi Higaki ,  Hiroshi Abei ,  Shigeru Kishiro

IPC分类号： G06F12/16

CPC分类号： G06F11/2058 ,  G06F11/2064 ,  G06F11/2071 ,  G06F11/2074 ,  G06F11/2076 ,  G06F11/2079 ,  G06F11/2082 ,  Y10S707/99953 ,  Y10S707/99955

摘要： Two data centers located in the vicinity are connected using a synchronous transfer copy function, and one of the data centers is coupled with a third data center disposed at a remote location by an asynchronous remote copying function. The order whereat a storage sub-system located in the vicinity has received data from a host is consistently guaranteed, and the third data center holds the data. Further, each storage sub-system includes a function whereby, during normal operation, data can be exchanged and the data update state can be obtained by the storage sub-systems located in the two data centers that do not directly engage in data transmission.

公开(公告)号：US20050120093A1

公开(公告)日：2005-06-02

申请号：US10917800

申请日：2004-08-12

申请人： Toshio Nakano ,  Katsunori Nakamura ,  Mikito Ogata ,  Yoshinori Okami ,  Seiichi Higaki ,  Hiroshi Abei ,  Shigeru Kishiro ,  Teruo Nagasawa ,  Takeshi Koide

发明人： Toshio Nakano ,  Katsunori Nakamura ,  Mikito Ogata ,  Yoshinori Okami ,  Seiichi Higaki ,  Hiroshi Abei ,  Shigeru Kishiro ,  Teruo Nagasawa ,  Takeshi Koide

IPC分类号： G06F11/20 ,  G06F15/16 ,  G06F12/00

CPC分类号： G06F11/2058 ,  G06F11/2082

摘要： Two data centers located in the vicinity are connected using a synchronous transfer copy function, and one of the data centers is coupled with a third data center disposed at a remote location by an asynchronous remote copying function. The order whereat a storage sub-system located in the vicinity has received data from a host is consistently guaranteed, and the third data center holds the data. Further, each storage sub-system includes a function whereby, during normal operation, data can be exchanged and the data update state can be obtained by the storage sub-systems located in the two data centers that do not directly engage in data transmission.

摘要翻译： 位于附近的两个数据中心使用同步传送复制功能连接，并且其中一个数据中心通过异步远程复制功能与设置在远程位置的第三数据中心耦合。 位于附近的存储子系统从主机接收到数据的顺序是一贯保证的，第三数据中心保存数据。 此外，每个存储子系统包括在正常操作期间可以交换数据并且可以通过位于不直接参与数据传输的两个数据中心中的存储子系统来获得数据更新状态的功能。

公开(公告)号：US08516204B2

公开(公告)日：2013-08-20

申请号：US13160085

申请日：2011-06-14

申请人： Seiichi Higaki ,  Hisao Honma

发明人： Seiichi Higaki ,  Hisao Honma

IPC分类号： G06F12/10 ,  G06F1/32

CPC分类号： G06F3/0634 ,  G06F3/0625 ,  G06F3/0689 ,  Y02D10/154

摘要： The present invention provides a storage control device which enables the time between failures to prolong as much as possible, though it uses HDD's whose mean time between failures is relatively short. The storage control device controls spindle motors in a manner that a spindle motor is rotated regarding the HDD of data which can access from a host computer and a spindle motor is stopped regarding the HDD of data which are clearly judged that a host computer does not access the data. Whether the host computers can access the HDD or not is judged by the fact that whether the memory region (internal logical volume) provided by the HDD is in mapped to the host logical volume or not which is recognized by the host computer and is able to access thereby.

摘要翻译： 本发明提供了一种存储控制装置，其使得尽可能地延长故障之间的时间，尽管它使用其故障之间的平均时间相对较短的HDD。 存储控制装置以主轴电机相对于可以从主计算机访问的数据的HDD旋转主轴电动机并且关于清楚地判断主机不能访问的数据的HDD停止主轴电动机的方式 数据。 通过以下事实来判断主计算机是否可以访问HDD：由HDD提供的存储区域（内部逻辑卷）是否映射到由主机识别的主机逻辑卷，并且能够 访问。

公开(公告)号：US20110252212A1

公开(公告)日：2011-10-13

申请号：US13165025

申请日：2011-06-21

申请人： Teiko Kezuka ,  Akira Murotani ,  Seiichi Higaki

发明人： Teiko Kezuka ,  Akira Murotani ,  Seiichi Higaki

IPC分类号： G06F12/08

CPC分类号： G06F3/0644 ,  G06F3/0605 ,  G06F3/067 ,  Y10S707/962 ,  Y10S707/99933 ,  Y10S707/99942 ,  Y10S707/99943 ,  Y10S707/99956

摘要： A storage system having a plurality of storage devices including a first type storage device and a second type storage device, a reliability attribute and/or a performance attribute of the first type storage device being different from a reliability attribute and/or a performance attribute of the second type storage device. The storage system also has a control unit and managing a plurality of virtual volumes. If necessary, a storage area allocated to a first portion of a virtual volume of the plurality of virtual volumes is changed from a first type storage area of the plurality of first type storage areas to a second type storage area of the plurality of second type storage areas while another first type storage area of the plurality of first type storage areas is allocated to a second portion of the virtual volume.

摘要翻译： 一种具有包括第一类型存储装置和第二类型存储装置的多个存储装置的存储系统，所述第一类型存储装置的可靠性属性和/或性能属性不同于可靠性属性和/或性能属性 第二类型存储设备。 存储系统还具有控制单元并管理多个虚拟卷。 如果需要，分配给多个虚拟卷中的虚拟卷的第一部分的存储区域从多个第一类型存储区域中的第一类型存储区域改变为多个第二类型存储区域中的第二类型存储区域 区域，而多个第一类型存储区域中的另一个第一类型存储区域被分配给虚拟卷的第二部分。

公开(公告)号：US07987206B2

公开(公告)日：2011-07-26

申请号：US12007584

申请日：2008-01-11

申请人： Akira Murotani ,  Seiichi Higaki

发明人： Akira Murotani ,  Seiichi Higaki

IPC分类号： G06F7/00 ,  G06F17/30

CPC分类号： G06F17/302

摘要： The file sharing system is able to provide a client with a single logical directory and reproduce the single logical directory in a remote site when the local site has stopped in use of a remote copy that is made between the local site and remote site. The first site provides the client with a logical directory that is constituted across respective nodes in the first site. The remote copy is executed between the first and second sites, and the data of both sites are synchronized. For the generation of the logical directory and the management of the remote copy, a common management table is used, and the management table is held by all of the nodes. In cases where the first site stops due to a fault, the second site utilizes information related to the remote copy in the management table to construct the logical directory and reproduces the logical directory to the second site.

摘要翻译： 当本地站点停止使用本地站点和远程站点之间的远程副本时，文件共享系统能够向客户端提供单个逻辑目录并再现远程站点中的单个逻辑目录。 第一个站点向客户端提供在第一站点中的相应节点之间构成的逻辑目录。 远程副本在第一站点和第二站点之间执行，并且两个站点的数据都被同步。 为了生成逻辑目录和远程副本的管理，使用公共管理表，管理表由所有节点保存。 在第一站点由于故障而停止的情况下，第二站点利用与管理表中的远程副本相关的信息来构建逻辑目录并将逻辑目录再现到第二站点。

公开(公告)号：US07669016B2

公开(公告)日：2010-02-23

申请号：US11311155

申请日：2005-12-20

申请人： Seiichi Higaki ,  Hisao Honma

发明人： Seiichi Higaki ,  Hisao Honma

IPC分类号： G06F12/10

CPC分类号： G06F3/0634 ,  G06F3/0625 ,  G06F3/0689 ,  Y02D10/154

摘要： The present invention provides a storage control device which enables the time between failures to prolong as much as possible, though it uses HDD's whose mean time between failures is relatively short. The storage control device controls spindle motors in a manner that a spindle motor is rotated regarding the HDD of data which can access from a host computer and a spindle motor is stopped regarding the HDD of data which are clearly judged that a host computer does not access the data. Whether the host computers can access the HDD or not is judged by the fact that whether the memory region (internal logical volume) provided by the HDD is in mapped to the host logical volume or not which is recognized by the host computer and is able to access thereby.

摘要翻译： 本发明提供了一种存储控制装置，其使得尽可能地延长故障之间的时间，尽管它使用其故障之间的平均时间相对较短的HDD。 存储控制装置以主轴电机相对于可以从主计算机访问的数据的HDD旋转主轴电动机并且关于清楚地判断主机不能访问的数据的HDD停止主轴电动机的方式 数据。 通过以下事实来判断主计算机是否可以访问HDD：由HDD提供的存储区域（内部逻辑卷）是否映射到由主机识别的主机逻辑卷，并且能够 访问。

公开(公告)号：US20080126725A1

公开(公告)日：2008-05-29

申请号：US12007724

申请日：2008-01-15

申请人： Noboru Morishita ,  Toshio Nakano ,  Seiichi Higaki

发明人： Noboru Morishita ,  Toshio Nakano ,  Seiichi Higaki

IPC分类号： G06F12/16

CPC分类号： G06F11/2069 ,  G06F3/0605 ,  G06F3/065 ,  G06F3/067 ,  G06F11/2058 ,  G06F11/2074

摘要： Information about remote copy target volumes of other storage systems 2 each having one and the same original volume V1 is registered for each remote copy target volume in advance. When there occurs a failure in a copy source storage system 2, a copy source volume for remote copy target volumes using the storage system 2 having a failure as their copy source is selected newly from the registered copy source volumes, and remote copy is resumed.

摘要翻译： 预先为每个远程复制目标卷注册关于具有一个和相同原始卷V 1的其他存储系统2的远程复制目标卷的信息。 当复制源存储系统2发生故障时，从注册的拷贝源卷中新选择使用具有故障的存储系统2作为其复制源的远程复制目标卷的复制源卷，并且恢复远程拷贝。

公开(公告)号：US07360017B2

公开(公告)日：2008-04-15

申请号：US10803910

申请日：2004-03-19

申请人： Seiichi Higaki ,  Hisao Honma

发明人： Seiichi Higaki ,  Hisao Honma

IPC分类号： G06F12/00 ,  G06F1/26

CPC分类号： G06F3/0634 ,  G06F3/0625 ,  G06F3/0689 ,  Y02D10/154

摘要： The present invention provides a storage control device which enables the time between failures to prolong as much as possible, though it uses HDD's whose mean time between failures is relatively short. The storage control device controls spindle motors in a manner that a spindle motor is rotated regarding the HDD of data which can access from a host computer and a spindle motor is stopped regarding the HDD of data which are clearly judged that a host computer does not access the data. Whether the host computers can access the HDD or not is judged by the fact that whether the memory region (internal logical volume) provided by the HDD is in mapped to the host logical volume or not which is recognized by the host computer and is able to access thereby.

摘要翻译： 本发明提供了一种存储控制装置，其使得尽可能地延长故障之间的时间，尽管它使用其故障之间的平均时间相对较短的HDD。 存储控制装置以主轴电机相对于可以从主计算机访问的数据的HDD旋转主轴电动机并且关于清楚地判断主机不能访问的数据的HDD停止主轴电动机的方式 数据。 通过以下事实来判断主计算机是否可以访问HDD：由HDD提供的存储区域（内部逻辑卷）是否映射到由主机识别的主机逻辑卷，并且能够 访问。

公开(公告)号：US20070204119A1

公开(公告)日：2007-08-30

申请号：US11412885

申请日：2006-04-28

申请人： Akira Murotani ,  Seiichi Higaki

发明人： Akira Murotani ,  Seiichi Higaki

IPC分类号： G06F13/00 ,  G06F12/00

CPC分类号： G06F3/0664 ,  G06F3/0608 ,  G06F3/061 ,  G06F3/0649 ,  G06F3/067

摘要： The storage control device of the present invention performs data migration without any increase of the load on a NAS control unit. A volume based on a FC disk and a volume based on a ATA disk are joined together, so as to create one virtual volume. An update manager monitors updating of the high speed region, and creates update bitmaps. And the update manager calculates the OR of the update bitmaps, thus creating a non-updated bitmap for detecting segments which have not been updated for a predetermined time period. Based on this non-updated bitmap, a migration controller creates a migration subject bitmap by extracting segments which are to be subjects for migration. And a migration executant performs data migration for the migration subject segments one at a time or several together, based on this migration subject bitmap.

摘要翻译： 本发明的存储控制装置在不增加NAS控制单元的负载的情况下进行数据迁移。 基于FC磁盘的卷和基于ATA磁盘的卷被连接在一起，以便创建一个虚拟卷。 更新管理器监视高速区域的更新，并创建更新位图。 并且更新管理器计算更新位图的OR，从而创建用于检测在预定时间段内尚未更新的段的未更新位图。 基于此未更新的位图，迁移控制器通过提取要迁移的对象的段来创建迁移主题位图。 并且迁移执行程序根据此迁移主题位图，一次一个地或多个对一个迁移主题段执行数据迁移。