公开(公告)号：US07984238B2

公开(公告)日：2011-07-19

申请号：US12219748

申请日：2008-07-28

申请人： Kazutaka Ogihara ,  Yoshihiro Tsuchiya ,  Masahisa Tamura ,  Tetsutaro Maruyama ,  Kazuichi Oe ,  Takashi Watanabe ,  Tatsuo Kumano

发明人： Kazutaka Ogihara ,  Yoshihiro Tsuchiya ,  Masahisa Tamura ,  Tetsutaro Maruyama ,  Kazuichi Oe ,  Takashi Watanabe ,  Tatsuo Kumano

IPC分类号： G06F12/00 ,  G06F3/06

CPC分类号： G06F11/2094 ,  G06F11/2071 ,  G06F2201/835

摘要： A storage-management apparatus and method that manages storage areas. The storage-management apparatus includes a collecting unit that collects valid-area-determination information items, each of which shows whether a corresponding one of the storage areas is a valid or invalid area, and timestamp information items, each of which shows that a corresponding one of the storage areas has been accessed. In accordance with the valid-area-determination information items and the timestamp information items, data from a storage area which is selected from among valid areas and whose timestamp information item is oldest is copied to a storage area which is selected from among invalid areas and whose timestamp information item is oldest, and timestamp information items and valid-area-determination information items concerning the storage area from which the data is copied and concerning the storage area to which the data is copied is updated.

摘要翻译： 一种管理存储区域的存储管理装置和方法。 存储管理装置包括收集单元，其收集有效区域确定信息项目，每个存储区域确定信息项目显示相应的一个存储区域是有效区域还是无效区域，以及时间戳信息项目，每个时间戳记信息项目显示相应的 其中一个存储区已被访问。 根据有效区域确定信息项和时间戳信息项，将从有效区域中选择的时间戳信息项最早的存储区域的数据复制到从无效区域中选择的存储区域， 其时间戳信息项最早，并且更新与数据被复制的存储区域有关的涉及复制数据的存储区域的时间戳信息项和有效区域确定信息项。

公开(公告)号：US07913109B2

公开(公告)日：2011-03-22

申请号：US12273254

申请日：2008-11-18

申请人： Kazutaka Ogihara ,  Tatsuo Kumano ,  Kazuichi Oe ,  Takashi Watanabe ,  Masahisa Tamura ,  Yoshihiro Tsuchiya ,  Tetsutaro Maruyama

发明人： Kazutaka Ogihara ,  Tatsuo Kumano ,  Kazuichi Oe ,  Takashi Watanabe ,  Masahisa Tamura ,  Yoshihiro Tsuchiya ,  Tetsutaro Maruyama

IPC分类号： G06F11/00

CPC分类号： G06F11/2082 ,  G06F11/2069

摘要： A storage control apparatus monitors whether or not one or more storage management apparatuses are properly operating. A recovery target extraction unit extracts a recovery target storage area when the existence of a malfunctioning storage management apparatus is detected, the recovery target storage area being a storage area that has been duplexed with a storage area of the malfunctioning storage management apparatus. A duplexing control unit performs control so that, if the recovery target storage area has no data stored therein, the recovery target storage area is duplexed with a storage area that has no data stored therein and that is unused. If the recovery target storage area has data stored therein, the recovery target storage area is duplexed with a non-duplexed storage area and the data stored in the recovery target storage area is copied into the non-duplexed storage area.

摘要翻译： 存储控制装置监视一个或多个存储管理装置是否正常工作。 当检测到故障存储管理装置的存在时，恢复目标提取单元提取恢复目标存储区域，恢复目标存储区域是与故障存储管理装置的存储区域进行双工的存储区域。 双工控制单元执行控制，使得如果恢复目标存储区域中没有数据存储在其中，则恢复目标存储区域与没有数据存储在其中且未被使用的存储区域进行双工。 如果恢复目标存储区域中存储有数据，则恢复目标存储区域与非双工存储区域进行双工，并且存储在恢复目标存储区域中的数据被复制到非双工存储区域中。

公开(公告)号：US08214823B2

公开(公告)日：2012-07-03

申请号：US12553760

申请日：2009-09-03

申请人： Yoshihiro Tsuchiya ,  Riichiro Take ,  Yasuo Noguchi ,  Kazutaka Ogihara ,  Masahisa Tamura ,  Tetsutaro Maruyama ,  Takashi Watanabe ,  Tatsuo Kumano

发明人： Yoshihiro Tsuchiya ,  Riichiro Take ,  Yasuo Noguchi ,  Kazutaka Ogihara ,  Masahisa Tamura ,  Tetsutaro Maruyama ,  Takashi Watanabe ,  Tatsuo Kumano

IPC分类号： G06F9/44 ,  G06F15/173 ,  G06F15/177

CPC分类号： H04L43/0817 ,  G06F8/65 ,  H04L43/103

摘要： In a cluster system: a heartbeat transmission unit in a service provision node transmits to a monitoring node a heartbeat packet which contains interval information indicating an interval greater than normal intervals at which normal heartbeat packets are transmitted, when an execution unit in the service provision node receives a stop command. Thereafter, when software realizing the execution unit is updated and the execution unit is restarted, the heartbeat transmission unit periodically transmits the normal heartbeat packets to the monitoring node at the normal intervals, where the normal heartbeat packets contain interval information indicating the normal intervals. A heartbeat monitoring unit in the monitoring node determines that the execution unit is in operation, while the monitoring node receives heartbeat packets at intervals indicated by the interval information stored in the monitoring node and updated with received interval information.

摘要翻译： 在群集系统中，服务提供节点中的心跳发送单元，在服务提供节点中的执行单元向监视节点发送包含间隔信息的心跳分组，所述心跳分组包含间隔信息，所述间隔信息指示大于正常心跳分组的正常间隔的间隔， 收到停止命令。 此后，当软件实现执行单元被更新并且执行单元重新启动时，心跳传输单元周期性地以标准间隔向监视节点发送正常心跳分组，其中正常心跳分组包含指示正常间隔的间隔信息​​。 监视节点中的心跳监视单元确定执行单元正在运行，而监视节点以由存储在监视节点中的间隔信息​​指示的间隔接收心跳分组，并用接收到的间隔信息​​进行更新。

公开(公告)号：US20090307524A1

公开(公告)日：2009-12-10

申请号：US12544035

申请日：2009-08-19

申请人： Tatsuo Kumano ,  Kazutaka Ogihara ,  Masahisa Tamura ,  Yoshihiro Tsuchiya ,  Tetsutaro Maruyama ,  Takashi Watanabe ,  Yasuo Noguchi ,  Riichiro Take

发明人： Tatsuo Kumano ,  Kazutaka Ogihara ,  Masahisa Tamura ,  Yoshihiro Tsuchiya ,  Tetsutaro Maruyama ,  Takashi Watanabe ,  Yasuo Noguchi ,  Riichiro Take

IPC分类号： G06F11/20

CPC分类号： G06F11/2069 ,  G06F11/008 ,  G06F11/2071

摘要： A simultaneous failure occurrence degree calculation section calculates a simultaneous failure occurrence degree a value of which becomes smaller with an increase in a difference between numeric values indicative of manufacture date information on a computer which performs a process on the basis of a duplication combination management program. A combination pattern generation section then combines two of a plurality of storage apparatus and generates a plurality of combination patterns. A simultaneous failure occurrence degree adding section then calculates a total of simultaneous failure occurrence degrees corresponding to combinations of storage apparatus for each of the plurality of combination patterns. A duplication combination pattern determination section then determines that a combination pattern for which the total of simultaneous failure occurrence degrees is the smallest is a duplication combination pattern.

摘要翻译： 同时发生故障发生度计算部分，根据复制组合管理程序，计算出执行处理的计算机上的制造日期信息的数值之间的差值的增加，其值随之变小。 然后，组合图案生成部分组合多个存储装置中的两个，并生成多个组合模式。 同时发生故障发生程度的部分随后计算与多个组合模式中的每一个的存储装置的组合对应的同时发生故障的总计。 复制组合模式确定部件然后确定同时发生故障发生度的总和最小的组合模式是复制组合模式。

公开(公告)号：US08234467B2

公开(公告)日：2012-07-31

申请号：US12268848

申请日：2008-11-11

申请人： Yasuo Noguchi ,  Kazutaka Ogihara ,  Masahisa Tamura ,  Yoshihiro Tsuchiya ,  Tetsutaro Maruyama ,  Takashi Watanabe ,  Tatsuo Kumano ,  Riichiro Take

发明人： Yasuo Noguchi ,  Kazutaka Ogihara ,  Masahisa Tamura ,  Yoshihiro Tsuchiya ,  Tetsutaro Maruyama ,  Takashi Watanabe ,  Tatsuo Kumano ,  Riichiro Take

IPC分类号： G06F12/00

CPC分类号： G06F11/1402 ,  G06F11/2089

摘要： A storage management device includes a management unit for managing a storage device assigned thereto and a temporary storage unit assigned thereto. The management unit comprises a backup unit for, when data is written into the storage device, storing the data in the previously assigned temporary storage unit before the writing of the data into the storage device is completed, and a take-over unit for, when data which is already stored in the temporary storage unit, but which is not yet written into the storage device exists when the storage device and the temporary storage unit are assigned, writing the not-yet-written data into the storage device.

摘要翻译： 存储管理装置包括用于管理分配给其的存储装置的管理单元和分配给其的临时存储单元。 管理单元包括备份单元，用于当将数据写入存储装置时，在将数据写入存储装置之前将数据存储在先前分配的临时存储单元中，以及用于当 当分配存储装置和临时存储单元时，存在已经存储在临时存储单元中但尚未写入存储装置的数据，将尚未写入的数据写入存储装置。

公开(公告)号：US20090320041A1

公开(公告)日：2009-12-24

申请号：US12552887

申请日：2009-09-02

申请人： Yasuo Noguchi ,  Kazutaka Ogihara ,  Masahisa Tamura ,  Yoshihiro Tsuchiya ,  Tetsutaro Maruyama ,  Takashi Watanabe ,  Tatsuo Kumano ,  Riichiro Take

发明人： Yasuo Noguchi ,  Kazutaka Ogihara ,  Masahisa Tamura ,  Yoshihiro Tsuchiya ,  Tetsutaro Maruyama ,  Takashi Watanabe ,  Tatsuo Kumano ,  Riichiro Take

IPC分类号： G06F9/46

CPC分类号： G06F3/0635 ,  G06F3/061 ,  G06F3/0646 ,  G06F3/067

摘要： In a distributed storage system, client terminals make access to virtual storage areas provided as logical segments of a storage volume. Those logical segments are associated with physical segments that serve as real data storage areas. A management data storage unit stores management data describing the association between such logical segments and physical segments. Upon receipt of access requests directed to a specific access range, a segment identification unit consults the management data to identify logical segments in the specified access range and their associated physical segments. A remapping unit subdivides the identified logical segments and physical segments into logical sub-segments and physical sub-segments, respectively, and remaps the logical sub-segments to the physical sub-segments according to a predetermined remapping algorithm. A data access unit executes the access requests based on the remapped logical sub-segments and physical sub-segments.

摘要翻译： 在分布式存储系统中，客户机终端访问作为存储卷的逻辑段提供的虚拟存储区域。 这些逻辑段与用作实际数据存储区域的物理段相关联。 管理数据存储单元存储描述这些逻辑段和物理段之间的关联的管理数据。 在接收到针对特定访问范围的访问请求时，段标识单元咨询管理数据以识别指定访问范围内的逻辑段及其相关联的物理段。 重映射单元将所识别的逻辑段和物理段分别细分为逻辑子段和物理子段，并根据预定的重映射算法将逻辑子段重新映射到物理子段。 数据访问单元基于重新映射的逻辑子段和物理子段执行访问请求。

公开(公告)号：US08516070B2

公开(公告)日：2013-08-20

申请号：US12552887

申请日：2009-09-02

申请人： Yasuo Noguchi ,  Kazutaka Ogihara ,  Masahisa Tamura ,  Yoshihiro Tsuchiya ,  Tetsutaro Maruyama ,  Takashi Watanabe ,  Tatsuo Kumano ,  Riichiro Take

发明人： Yasuo Noguchi ,  Kazutaka Ogihara ,  Masahisa Tamura ,  Yoshihiro Tsuchiya ,  Tetsutaro Maruyama ,  Takashi Watanabe ,  Tatsuo Kumano ,  Riichiro Take

IPC分类号： G06F15/16

CPC分类号： G06F3/0635 ,  G06F3/061 ,  G06F3/0646 ,  G06F3/067

摘要： In a distributed storage system, client terminals make access to virtual storage areas provided as logical segments of a storage volume. Those logical segments are associated with physical segments that serve as real data storage areas. A management data storage unit stores management data describing the association between such logical segments and physical segments. Upon receipt of access requests directed to a specific access range, a segment identification unit consults the management data to identify logical segments in the specified access range and their associated physical segments. A remapping unit subdivides the identified logical segments and physical segments into logical sub-segments and physical sub-segments, respectively, and remaps the logical sub-segments to the physical sub-segments according to a predetermined remapping algorithm. A data access unit executes the access requests based on the remapped logical sub-segments and physical sub-segments.

摘要翻译： 在分布式存储系统中，客户机终端访问作为存储卷的逻辑段提供的虚拟存储区域。 这些逻辑段与用作实际数据存储区域的物理段相关联。 管理数据存储单元存储描述这些逻辑段和物理段之间的关联的管理数据。 在接收到针对特定访问范围的访问请求时，段标识单元咨询管理数据以识别指定访问范围内的逻辑段及其相关联的物理段。 重映射单元将所识别的逻辑段和物理段分别细分为逻辑子段和物理子段，并根据预定的重映射算法将逻辑子段重新映射到物理子段。 数据访问单元基于重新映射的逻辑子段和物理子段执行访问请求。

公开(公告)号：US08200935B2

公开(公告)日：2012-06-12

申请号：US12399505

申请日：2009-03-06

申请人： Yasuo Noguchi ,  Kazutaka Ogihara ,  Masahisa Tamura ,  Yoshihiro Tsuchiya ,  Tetsutaro Maruyama ,  Takashi Watanabe ,  Tatsuo Kumano

发明人： Yasuo Noguchi ,  Kazutaka Ogihara ,  Masahisa Tamura ,  Yoshihiro Tsuchiya ,  Tetsutaro Maruyama ,  Takashi Watanabe ,  Tatsuo Kumano

IPC分类号： G06F13/00

CPC分类号： G06F3/0644 ,  G06F3/0607 ,  G06F3/0631 ,  G06F3/067

摘要： An allocation control apparatus may access an address table storing addresses of slice areas allocated in a storage area for an entire storage system having a plurality of storage devices and addresses that do not correspond to allocated slice areas. The allocation control apparatus includes a reception unit receiving a request for allocating an arbitrary storage capacity an allocation unit allocating, by referring to the address table, an address that does not correspond to the allocated slice area for at least a part of the requested storage capacity and allocates an address for the slice area to the remaining storage capacity when the reception unit receives the allocation request, and a transmission unit transmitting the result allocated by the allocation unit to a requesting source of the allocation request.

摘要翻译： 分配控制装置可以访问存储针对具有多个存储装置的整个存储系统和与分配的切片区域不对应的地址的存储区域中分配的片区域的地址的地址表。 分配控制装置包括接收单元，其接收分配任意存储容量的请求，分配单元通过参考地址表来分配与所分配的切片区域不对应的地址，用于至少一部分所请求的存储容量 并且当所述接收单元接收到所述分配请求时，将所述切片区域的地址分配给所述剩余存储容量，以及发送单元，将由所述分配单元分配的结果发送到所述分配请求的请求源。

公开(公告)号：US20090328027A1

公开(公告)日：2009-12-31

申请号：US12553760

申请日：2009-09-03

申请人： Yoshihiro Tsuchiya ,  Riichiro Take ,  Yasuo Noguchi ,  Kazutaka Ogihara ,  Masahisa Tamura ,  Tetsutaro Maruyama ,  Takashi Watanabe ,  Tatsuo Kumano

发明人： Yoshihiro Tsuchiya ,  Riichiro Take ,  Yasuo Noguchi ,  Kazutaka Ogihara ,  Masahisa Tamura ,  Tetsutaro Maruyama ,  Takashi Watanabe ,  Tatsuo Kumano

IPC分类号： G06F11/30 ,  G06F9/44

CPC分类号： H04L43/0817 ,  G06F8/65 ,  H04L43/103

摘要： In a cluster system: a heartbeat transmission unit in a service provision node transmits to a monitoring node a heartbeat packet which contains interval information indicating an interval greater than normal intervals at which normal heartbeat packets are transmitted, when an execution unit in the service provision node receives a stop command. Thereafter, when software realizing the execution unit is updated and the execution unit is restarted, the heartbeat transmission unit periodically transmits the normal heartbeat packets to the monitoring node at the normal intervals, where the normal heartbeat packets contain interval information indicating the normal intervals. A heartbeat monitoring unit in the monitoring node determines that the execution unit is in operation, while the monitoring node receives heartbeat packets at intervals indicated by the interval information stored in the monitoring node and updated with received interval information.

摘要翻译： 在群集系统中，服务提供节点中的心跳发送单元，在服务提供节点中的执行单元向监视节点发送包含间隔信息的心跳分组，所述心跳分组包含间隔信息，所述间隔信息指示大于正常心跳分组的正常间隔的间隔， 收到停止命令。 此后，当软件实现执行单元被更新并且执行单元重新启动时，心跳传输单元周期性地以标准间隔向监视节点发送正常心跳分组，其中正常心跳分组包含指示正常间隔的间隔信息​​。 监视节点中的心跳监视单元确定执行单元正在运行，而监视节点以由存储在监视节点中的间隔信息​​指示的间隔接收心跳分组，并用接收到的间隔信息​​进行更新。

公开(公告)号：US20090150629A1

公开(公告)日：2009-06-11

申请号：US12268848

申请日：2008-11-11

申请人： Yasuo Noguchi ,  Kazutaka Ogihara ,  Masahisa Tamura ,  Yoshihiro Tsuchiya ,  Tetsutaro Maruyama ,  Takashi Watanabe ,  Tatsuo Kumano ,  Riichiro Take

发明人： Yasuo Noguchi ,  Kazutaka Ogihara ,  Masahisa Tamura ,  Yoshihiro Tsuchiya ,  Tetsutaro Maruyama ,  Takashi Watanabe ,  Tatsuo Kumano ,  Riichiro Take

IPC分类号： G06F12/16 ,  G06F11/00 ,  G06F11/14 ,  G06F13/00 ,  G06F12/00

CPC分类号： G06F11/1402 ,  G06F11/2089

摘要： A storage management device includes a management unit for managing a storage device assigned thereto and a temporary storage unit assigned thereto. The management unit comprises a backup unit for, when data is written into the storage device, storing the data in the previously assigned temporary storage unit before the writing of the data into the storage device is completed, and a take-over unit for, when data which is already stored in the temporary storage unit, but which is not yet written into the storage device exists when the storage device and the temporary storage unit are assigned, writing the not-yet-written data into the storage device.

摘要翻译： 存储管理装置包括用于管理分配给其的存储装置的管理单元和分配给其的临时存储单元。 管理单元包括备份单元，用于当将数据写入存储装置时，在将数据写入存储装置之前将数据存储在先前分配的临时存储单元中，以及用于当 当分配存储装置和临时存储单元时，存在已经存储在临时存储单元中但尚未写入存储装置的数据，将尚未写入的数据写入存储装置。