公开(公告)号：US06813683B2

公开(公告)日：2004-11-02

申请号：US10424495

申请日：2003-04-25

申请人： Hideo Tabuchi ,  Akinobu Shimada ,  Masafumi Nozawa ,  Toshio Nakano

发明人： Hideo Tabuchi ,  Akinobu Shimada ,  Masafumi Nozawa ,  Toshio Nakano

IPC分类号： G06F1300

CPC分类号： G06F11/2074 ,  G06F11/2066

摘要： A disk subsystem assures the sequence and the coherence of data updating with two or more disk subsystems is provided with an asynchronous remote copy function. A main center 9 includes a computer system having the configuration of slave subsystems 3-2 to 3-n connected with a master disk subsystem 3-1. It secures the coherence between data at the main center 9 and the remote center 10 at the temporary suspension by repeating temporary suspension and release of the temporary suspension of the remote copy by the master subsystem 3-1 at predetermined opportunities. It also repeats temporary suspension and release of the temporary suspension of the remote copy by slave subsystems 3-2 to 3-n connected to it.

公开(公告)号：US07739463B2

公开(公告)日：2010-06-15

申请号：US12021784

申请日：2008-01-29

申请人： Hideo Tabuchi ,  Akinobu Shimada ,  Masataka Innan

发明人： Hideo Tabuchi ,  Akinobu Shimada ,  Masataka Innan

IPC分类号： G06F12/00

CPC分类号： G06F11/1435 ,  G06F11/1448 ,  G06F11/1456 ,  G06F11/1458 ,  G06F11/1469 ,  G06F2201/84 ,  Y10S707/99953

摘要： A computer system including: disk array system to cause a snapshot corresponding to the selected backup time accessible with the specific address to which the computer can access; wherein if the snapshot corresponding to the selected backup time is associated with the specific address to which the computer cannot access, then the disk array system making the snapshot accessible with an address to which the computer can access; and wherein the snapshot relates to differential data between initial backup data and actual backup data at the selected backup time, thereby an acquisition time of the snapshot is different than the selected backup time corresponding to the specific address that can be accessed initially by the computer.

摘要翻译： 一种计算机系统，包括：磁盘阵列系统，用于使与所选择的备份时间相对应的快照与计算机可访问的特定地址可访问; 其中如果与所选择的备份时间相对应的快照与计算机无法访问的特定地址相关联，则使得可以利用计算机可以访问的地址访问快照的磁盘阵列系统; 并且其中所述快照涉及在所选择的备份时间的初始备份数据和实际备份数据之间的差异数据，从而快照的获取时间不同于与计算机最初可以访问的特定地址相对应的所选择的备份时间。

公开(公告)号：US20100005329A1

公开(公告)日：2010-01-07

申请号：US12236529

申请日：2008-09-24

申请人： Masataka Innan ,  Shigeo Homma ,  Akinobu Shimada ,  Hideo Tabuchi

发明人： Masataka Innan ,  Shigeo Homma ,  Akinobu Shimada ,  Hideo Tabuchi

IPC分类号： G06F1/32 ,  G06F12/02 ,  G06F12/16

CPC分类号： G06F3/0643 ,  G06F1/3203 ,  G06F1/3268 ,  G06F3/0611 ,  G06F3/0625 ,  G06F3/0634 ,  G06F3/0649 ,  G06F3/067 ,  H04L67/1097 ,  Y02D10/154 ,  Y02D50/20

摘要： There is provided a storage system including a file server connecting to a computer over a network and a storage apparatus connecting to the file server connecting over the network, wherein the file server includes a first controller, the storage apparatus includes multiple storage devices having multiple storage areas and a second controller that controls accesses to the multiple storage areas, each of the multiple storage areas has at least one power saving mode among multiple power saving modes with different shift times from the power saving modes to a ready mode, the first controller, in response to the reception of data from the computer, sets an indicator relating to the performance of response to an access from the computer to the data and refers to the indicator of the data and selects a first storage area having the power saving mode satisfying the indicator, and the second controller stores the data to the first storage area.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种存储系统，包括通过网络连接到计算机的文件服务器和连接到通过网络连接的文件服务器的存储装置，其中文件服务器包括第一控制器，该存储装置包括具有多个存储器的多个存储装置 区域和控制对多个存储区域的访问的第二控制器，多个存储区域中的每一个在具有从省电模式到就绪模式的不同移位时间的多个省电模式之间具有至少一个省电模式，第一控制器， 响应于来自计算机的数据的接收，设置与从计算机到数据的访问的响应的性能有关的指示符，并且参考数据的指示符，并选择具有满足以下条件的省电模式的第一存储区域 指示符，并且第二控制器将数据存储到第一存储区域。

公开(公告)号：US07574559B2

公开(公告)日：2009-08-11

申请号：US11088782

申请日：2005-03-25

申请人： Akemi Sanada ,  Hideo Tabuchi ,  Toshio Nakano ,  Sajio Ishizuki ,  Isamu Kage

发明人： Akemi Sanada ,  Hideo Tabuchi ,  Toshio Nakano ,  Sajio Ishizuki ,  Isamu Kage

IPC分类号： G06F12/00

CPC分类号： G06F3/0605 ,  G06F3/0644 ,  G06F3/067 ,  G06Q10/0875 ,  G06Q30/0283 ,  G06Q30/04 ,  G06Q30/0645

摘要： Reduction of the initial investment cost of a user of a storage system can be realized, and the user of the storage system can easily perform timely addition for a short time. In a preferred embodiment, a method for renting and charging the storage system includes the steps of: reading a used volume from a use management table held in the storage system; and sending the read used volume from the storage system to a charging system. Preferably, the storage system has means for allowing an owner to grasp that a user starts using the storage system, wherein the owner rents to the user a storage system having a disk volume, a cache volume, and other components more than the user's increase intension, charges for a used volume of the user for a fixed period, and reviews the added volume and the charged cost on the fixed period basis.

公开(公告)号：US20090125694A1

公开(公告)日：2009-05-14

申请号：US12037482

申请日：2008-02-26

申请人： Masataka INNAN ,  Hideo Tabuchi

发明人： Masataka INNAN ,  Hideo Tabuchi

IPC分类号： G06F12/02 ,  G06F12/06

CPC分类号： G06F12/023

摘要： The storage control apparatus of the present invention saves a table for managing a virtual volume in a pool and keeps the state of the table in the latest state. A first dynamic mapping table (DMT) that manages a first virtual volume is saved in a first pool. Upon receipt of a write command relating to an unused virtual slot from a write command issuing device, a first virtual volume control unit assigns an unused real slot in the first pool to the virtual slot and updates the first DMT. The first virtual volume control unit discriminates the validity of the received data and, in cases where “0” data are received, releases the assigned real slot, updates the first DMT once again, and discards the received data. In cases where the received data are valid data, de-staging is performed following a DMT update.

摘要翻译： 本发明的存储控制装置将用于管理虚拟卷的表保存在池中并使表的状态保持在最新状态。 管理第一个虚拟卷的第一个动态映射表（DMT）被保存在第一个池中。 在从写入命令发布装置接收到与未使用的虚拟时隙相关的写入命令时，第一虚拟卷控制单元将第一池中的未使用的真实时隙分配给虚拟时隙，并更新第一DMT。 第一虚拟卷控制单元识别接收到的数据的有效性，并且在接收到“0”数据的情况下，释放分配的实时时隙，再次更新第一DMT，并丢弃所接收的数据。 在接收到的数据是有效数据的情况下，在DMT更新之后执行去除。

公开(公告)号：US07461293B2

公开(公告)日：2008-12-02

申请号：US12002342

申请日：2007-12-17

申请人： Hiroshi Ohno ,  Hideo Tabuchi ,  Akinobu Shimada ,  Masataka Innan

发明人： Hiroshi Ohno ,  Hideo Tabuchi ,  Akinobu Shimada ,  Masataka Innan

IPC分类号： G06F11/00

CPC分类号： G06F17/30348 ,  G06F11/1469 ,  G06F11/1471 ,  G06F2201/80 ,  G06F2201/84 ,  Y10S707/99953

摘要： A DBMS performs a checkpoint process for maintaining consistency of data. A snapshot acquisition control program detects the checkpoint process externally to the DBMS and creates a snapshot in an external storage according to the timing of the checkpoint. Correspondence between checkpoints and snapshots is maintained in a CP-SH correspondence management table to make it possible to restore in a short time data at the time of an arbitrary checkpoint.

公开(公告)号：US20080083038A1

公开(公告)日：2008-04-03

申请号：US11635037

申请日：2006-12-07

申请人： Tetsuhiko Fujii ,  Hisashi Takamatsu ,  Hideo Tabuchi

发明人： Tetsuhiko Fujii ,  Hisashi Takamatsu ,  Hideo Tabuchi

IPC分类号： H04L9/32 ,  G06F12/14 ,  G06K9/00 ,  G06F17/30 ,  G06F7/04 ,  G06F11/30 ,  H03M1/68 ,  H04K1/00 ,  H04L9/00 ,  H04N7/16

CPC分类号： H04N21/2747 ,  H04N21/23113 ,  H04N21/2312 ,  H04N21/25875 ,  H04N21/4312 ,  H04N21/4314 ,  H04N21/6156

摘要： Data in a storage area to be returned from among storage areas of a storage system is deleted without fail, thereby ensuring data security.When a user's storage-on-demand management program 24 is activated in response to a return request from user A's console terminal 18, the return request is transferred via a communication network 14 to a server 16, and a provider's storage on-demand management program 30 makes a request to a storage management program 32 for volume initialization and data deletion. After the storage management program 32 issues a volume initialization command after receiving the above request, a control program 76 is activated to initialize the designated volume. Subsequently, the user A's volume access right is deleted by the processing executed by the provider's storage-on-demand management program 30, and it is reported to the console terminal 18 that the volume initialization and the volume separation have been conducted.

摘要翻译： 从存储系统的存储区域返回的存储区域中的数据被无缺陷地删除，从而确保数据的安全性。 当响应于来自用户A的控制台终端18的返回请求激活用户的按需存储管理程序24时，返回请求经由通信网络14传送到服务器16，以及提供商的存储点播管理程序 30向存储管理程序32请求卷初始化和数据删除。 在存储管理程序32在接收到上述请求之后发出卷初始化命令之后，启动控制程序76来初始化指定的卷。 随后，通过由提供商的按需存储管理程序30执行的处理来删除用户A的卷访问权限，并且向控制台终端18报告已经进行了卷初始化和卷分离。

公开(公告)号：US07209986B2

公开(公告)日：2007-04-24

申请号：US11152490

申请日：2005-06-13

申请人： Hiroshi Ohno ,  Kouji Arai ,  Toshio Nakano ,  Hideo Tabuchi ,  Akinobu Shimada ,  Ai Satoyama ,  Yasutomo Yamamoto ,  Yoshiaki Eguchi

发明人： Hiroshi Ohno ,  Kouji Arai ,  Toshio Nakano ,  Hideo Tabuchi ,  Akinobu Shimada ,  Ai Satoyama ,  Yasutomo Yamamoto ,  Yoshiaki Eguchi

IPC分类号： G06F13/12

CPC分类号： G06F3/061 ,  G06F3/0607 ,  G06F3/0635 ,  G06F3/064 ,  G06F3/0659 ,  G06F3/0665 ,  G06F3/067 ,  G06F3/0689 ,  G06F12/0866 ,  G06F2212/312

摘要： A method for controlling a storage system including a host computer, and a first and a second storage control apparatuses each receiving a data input/output request from the host computer and executing a data input/output process for a storage device in response to the request, comprises connecting a first communication path between the host computer and the first apparatus; connecting a second communication path between the first apparatus and the second apparatus; receiving by the first apparatus a first data input/output request from the host computer through the first path; when the first apparatus has judged that the first request is not for the first apparatus, transmitting by the first apparatus a second data input/output request corresponding to the first request, to the second apparatus through the second path; and by the second apparatus, receiving the second request and executing a data input/output process corresponding to the second request received.

摘要翻译： 一种用于控制包括主计算机和第一和第二存储控制装置的存储系统的方法，每个存储控制装置接收来自主计算机的数据输入/输出请求，并响应于该请求执行存储装置的数据输入/输出处理 包括连接主计算机和第一装置之间的第一通信路径; 连接第一设备和第二设备之间的第二通信路径; 由第一装置接收通过第一路径从主机计算的第一数据输入/输出请求; 当第一装置判断第一请求不是针对第一装置时，由第一装置发送与第一请求相对应的第二数据输入/输出请求，通过第二路径发送给第二装置; 并且由第二装置接收第二请求并执行与接收到的第二请求对应的数据输入/输出处理。

公开(公告)号：US20060129774A1

公开(公告)日：2006-06-15

申请号：US11346295

申请日：2006-02-03

申请人： Hideo Tabuchi ,  Akinobu Shimada ,  Masataka Innan

发明人： Hideo Tabuchi ,  Akinobu Shimada ,  Masataka Innan

IPC分类号： G06F12/00

CPC分类号： G06F11/1435 ,  G06F11/1448 ,  G06F11/1456 ,  G06F11/1458 ,  G06F11/1469 ,  G06F2201/84 ,  Y10S707/99953

摘要： A computer system including: a computer having a display to display information of a plurality of backup times, and an inputting device by which a user selects a backup time of the plurality of backup times; and, a storage system coupled to the computer and having an interface controller receiving data from the computer, a cache memory temporarily storing data and a disk controller managing data for at least one volume related to a plurality of disk drives; wherein the computer system causes the computer to make a snapshot corresponding to the selected backup time accessible with an address to which the computer can access.

摘要翻译： 一种计算机系统，包括：计算机，具有显示多个备份时间的信息的显示器，以及用户选择所述多个备份时间的备份时间的输入装置; 以及耦合到所述计算机并具有从所述计算机接收数据的接口控制器的存储系统，临时存储数据的高速缓存存储器和管理与多个盘驱动器相关的至少一个卷的数据的盘控制器; 其中所述计算机系统使得所述计算机能够利用所述计算机可以访问的地址来访问对应于所选择的备份时间的快照。

公开(公告)号：US20050027749A1

公开(公告)日：2005-02-03

申请号：US10768173

申请日：2004-02-02

申请人： Hiroshi Ohno ,  Hideo Tabuchi ,  Akinobu Shimada ,  Masataka Innan

发明人： Hiroshi Ohno ,  Hideo Tabuchi ,  Akinobu Shimada ,  Masataka Innan

IPC分类号： G06F12/00 ,  G06F11/14

CPC分类号： G06F17/30348 ,  G06F11/1469 ,  G06F11/1471 ,  G06F2201/80 ,  G06F2201/84 ,  Y10S707/99953

摘要： A DBMS performs a checkpoint process for maintaining consistency of data. A snapshot acquisition control program detects the checkpoint process externally to the DBMS and creates a snapshot in an external storage according to the timing of the checkpoint. Correspondence between checkpoints and snapshots is maintained in a CP-SH correspondence management table to make it possible to restore in a short time data at the time of an arbitrary checkpoint.

摘要翻译： DBMS执行检查点处理以保持数据的一致性。 快照获取控制程序检测DBMS外部的检查点处理，并根据检查点的时间在外部存储器中创建快照。 在CP-SH对应管理表中保持检查点和快照之间的对应关系，使得可以在任意检查点时在短时间内恢复数据。