公开(公告)号：US07966448B2

公开(公告)日：2011-06-21

申请号：US12044114

申请日：2008-03-07

申请人： Keishi Tamura ,  Dai Taninaka

发明人： Keishi Tamura ,  Dai Taninaka

IPC分类号： G06F12/00

CPC分类号： G06F3/0635 ,  G06F3/0613 ,  G06F3/0631 ,  G06F3/067

摘要： A storage apparatus includes: a management unit for managing mapping, to a logical volume, of a second dynamically allocated storage area volume in an external storage apparatus, and also managing a management unit for a storage area in the second dynamically allocated storage area volume for storing data sent from the host computer; a volume creation unit for creating, when creating the first dynamically allocated storage area volume in accordance with an externally given command, the first dynamically allocated storage area volume by setting the management unit for the first dynamically allocated storage area volume based on a management unit for a storage area in the second dynamically allocated storage area volume; and a write data writing unit for writing, in accordance with a command from the host computer, the write data sent from the host computer to a storage area in a relevant second dynamically allocated storage area volume.

摘要翻译： 存储装置包括：管理单元，用于管理外部存储装置中的第二动态分配的存储区域卷的逻辑卷，以及管理第二动态分配的存储区域卷中的存储区域的管理单元， 存储从主机发送的数据; 卷创建单元，用于根据外部给定的命令创建第一动态分配的存储区域卷，通过基于用于第一动态分配的存储区域卷的管理单元设置第一动态分配的存储区域卷， 第二动态分配的存储区域容积中的存储区域; 以及写入数据写入单元，用于根据来自主计算机的命令，将从主计算机发送的写入数据写入相关的第二动态分配存储区域卷中的存储区域。

公开(公告)号：US07656806B2

公开(公告)日：2010-02-02

申请号：US11472403

申请日：2006-06-22

申请人： Sachiko Hinata ,  Dai Taninaka ,  Misako Tamura

发明人： Sachiko Hinata ,  Dai Taninaka ,  Misako Tamura

IPC分类号： G01R31/08

CPC分类号： G06F3/0635 ,  G06F3/061 ,  G06F3/067 ,  G06F2206/1012 ,  H04L41/0893 ,  H04L41/22 ,  H04L43/022 ,  H04L43/0852 ,  H04L43/0894 ,  H04L45/306 ,  H04L45/38 ,  H04L67/1097

摘要： Proposed are a storage system, a path management method and a path management device capable of ensuring the processing performance demanded by a user while seeking to improve the access performance from a host system to a storage apparatus. Path switching control for dynamically switching the path to be used by the host system according to the loaded condition of the respective paths between the host system and the storage apparatus is executed; and a path is selected as needed according to a policy containing path switching rules created by a user, and path switching control for excluding the selected path from the target and dynamically switching the path to be used by the host system is executed.

摘要翻译： 提出了一种存储系统，路径管理方法和路径管理装置，其能够确保用户所要求的处理性能，同时寻求提高从主机系统到存储装置的访问性能。 执行用于根据主机系统和存储装置之间的相应路径的加载状态动态地切换由主机系统使用的路径的路径切换控制; 并且根据包含由用户创建的路径切换规则的策略，根据需要选择路径，并且执行用于从目标中排除所选择的路径并且动态地切换主机系统要使用的路径的路径切换控制。

公开(公告)号：US07363439B2

公开(公告)日：2008-04-22

申请号：US11005025

申请日：2004-12-07

申请人： Atsushi Miyagaki ,  Dai Taninaka

发明人： Atsushi Miyagaki ,  Dai Taninaka

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

CPC分类号： G06F3/0607 ,  G06F3/0631 ,  G06F3/0661 ,  G06F3/067

摘要： The control device is a device which can be connected to an external device that transmits data, comprising a computer program which analyzes data received from the abovementioned external device using data format information related to the format of the data, wherein the abovementioned data format information is stored in a separate location from said computer program.

摘要翻译： 控制装置是能够连接到发送数据的外部装置的装置，包括使用与数据格式相关的数据格式信息分析从上述外部装置接收的数据的计算机程序，其中上述数据格式信息是 存储在与所述计算机程序的单独位置。

公开(公告)号：US07240153B2

公开(公告)日：2007-07-03

申请号：US10855408

申请日：2004-05-28

申请人： Dai Taninaka ,  Toshimichi Kishimoto

发明人： Dai Taninaka ,  Toshimichi Kishimoto

IPC分类号： G06F12/16 ,  G06F12/00

CPC分类号： H04L41/082 ,  G06F3/0605 ,  G06F3/0622 ,  G06F3/0629 ,  G06F3/0637 ,  G06F3/067 ,  H04L41/028 ,  H04L67/288

摘要： In an exclusive lock management in common to both the In-Band and the Out-of-band, a lock control technique of a storage system capable of removing the factor that may cause the discrepancy in the configuration information in a disk array system is disclosed. In the storage system, a shared memory in a DKC of a storage subsystem has lock management information for uniformly managing the operation authority for the configuration information in the shared memory that is used in common by both the channels of the host terminals and the management client terminals, and a CPU in the DKC gives the operation authority for changing the configuration information to either the host machine or the management client based on the lock management information in the shared memory in response to an access request from the host terminals or the management client terminals.

摘要翻译： 在带通和带外共同的排他锁管理中，公开了一种能够消除可能导致磁盘阵列系统中的配置信息不一致的因素的存储系统的锁控技术 。 在存储系统中，存储子系统的DKC中的共享存储器具有锁定管理信息，用于统一管理由主机终端和管理客户端的两个通道共同使用的共享存储器中的配置信息的操作权限 终端和DKC中的CPU响应于来自主机终端或管理客户端的访问请求，给予基于共享存储器中的锁管理信息将配置信息更改为主机或管理客户端的操作权限 终端。

公开(公告)号：US20070124551A1

公开(公告)日：2007-05-31

申请号：US11340629

申请日：2006-01-27

申请人： Dai Taninaka

发明人： Dai Taninaka

IPC分类号： G06F12/16

CPC分类号： G06F3/0664 ,  G06F3/0607 ,  G06F3/0626 ,  G06F3/0659 ,  G06F3/067

摘要： This storage system has a first disk array device for providing a first volume that stores data transmitted from a host system, a second disk array device for providing a second volume that is virtualized with the first disk array device, and a management terminal for managing the first disk array device; wherein the first disk array device includes a first management unit for managing volume information of the virtualized volume that was virtualized in the first disk array device by being mapped with the second volume; and a first transmission unit for transmitting, based on an external operation, the volume information of the virtualized volume managed with the first management unit to the management terminal; and wherein the management terminal includes a second management unit for managing the volume information of the virtualized volume transmitted from the first transmission unit.

摘要翻译： 该存储系统具有用于提供存储从主机系统发送的数据的第一卷的第一磁盘阵列装置，用于提供与第一磁盘阵列装置虚拟化的第二卷的第二磁盘阵列装置，以及管理终端， 第一磁盘阵列设备; 其中所述第一磁盘阵列设备包括第一管理单元，用于通过映射所述第二卷来管理在所述第一磁盘阵列设备中被虚拟化的所述虚拟化卷的卷信息; 以及第一传输单元，用于基于外部操作将由第一管理单元管理的虚拟化卷的卷信息发送到管理终端; 并且其中所述管理终端包括用于管理从所述第一传输单元发送的所述虚拟化卷的卷信息的第二管理单元。

公开(公告)号：US20060059308A1

公开(公告)日：2006-03-16

申请号：US10983747

申请日：2004-11-09

申请人： Ikuo Uratani ,  Kiichiro Urabe ,  Dai Taninaka

发明人： Ikuo Uratani ,  Kiichiro Urabe ,  Dai Taninaka

IPC分类号： G06F12/10

CPC分类号： G06F3/0665 ,  G06F3/0607 ,  G06F3/0631 ,  G06F3/067

摘要： The present invention makes it possible to change over a volume transparently with respect to a host. A first storage device 2A and a second storage device 2B are connected through a communication network 3B; a volume 8 provided by the second storage device 2B is mapped as a volume of the first storage device 2A. A host 1 is capable of accessing either of the volume 6 or volume 8 via a virtual LU 4. A connection control unit 5, which may be constructed of tables or the like, connects the virtual LU 4 to either one of volume 6 and volume 8. Changeover of the connection target is performed transparently with respect to the host 1 and so is not recognized by the host 1. Consequently, the actual data storage target volume can be changed over while the host 1 always accesses the same virtual LU 4.

摘要翻译： 本发明使得可以相对于主机透明地改变体积。 第一存储装置2A和第二存储装置2B通过通信网络3B连接; 由第二存储装置2B提供的卷8被映射为第一存储装置2A的卷。主机1能够经由虚拟LU 4访问卷6或卷8中的任何一个。连接控制单元5 其可以由表等构成，将虚拟LU 4连接到卷6和卷8中的任一个。连接目标的切换相对于主机1透明地执行，因此主机1不被识别。 因此，可以在主机1总是访问相同的虚拟LU 4的同时改变实际的数据存储目标卷。

公开(公告)号：US06886054B2

公开(公告)日：2005-04-26

申请号：US10435136

申请日：2003-05-09

申请人： Dai Taninaka ,  Tatsuya Murakami

发明人： Dai Taninaka ,  Tatsuya Murakami

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

CPC分类号： H04L49/357 ,  H04L49/3009 ,  H04L49/65

摘要： A storage system includes storage devices having connection ports and logical device groups connected to each connection port, and a switch having a plurality of switch ports to which the storage devices can be connected via their connection ports and, when a data frame is input to one of the switch ports, being capable of outputting that data frame from either one of the switch ports connected to one of the connection ports to which that data frame is to be sent according to a destination specified in that data frame. The switch stores a table that defines a correspondence between the destination and the connection port. In rearranging data stored in one logical device group to another logical device group, a management server connected to the switch sends an update request to the switch and makes it update the correspondence in the table.

摘要翻译： 存储系统包括具有连接到每个连接端口的连接端口和逻辑设备组的存储设备，以及具有多个交换机端口的交换机，存储设备可以经由其连接端口连接到该交换机端口，并且当数据帧被输入到一个 的交换机端口，能够根据在该数据帧中指定的目的地从连接到要发送该数据帧的一个连接端口的交换机端口之一输出该数据帧。 交换机存储定义目的地和连接端口之间的对应关系的表。 将存储在一个逻辑设备组中的数据重新排列到另一个逻辑设备组，连接到交换机的管理服务器向交换机发送更新请求，并使其更新表中的对应关系。

公开(公告)号：US20090013112A1

公开(公告)日：2009-01-08

申请号：US12216086

申请日：2008-06-30

申请人： Kosaku Kambayashi ,  Dai Taninaka

发明人： Kosaku Kambayashi ,  Dai Taninaka

IPC分类号： G06F13/42

CPC分类号： G06F3/0604 ,  G06F3/0632 ,  G06F3/067

摘要： A storage controller that performs user-friendly information display, simplifies updating of support information, has external storage controllers to provide sufficient input/output performance, and expands the range of external storage controllers to be supported; and a controlling method for that storage controller. The storage controller includes a code extract/convert unit for converting a first code indicating a vendor name and/or device name of an external storage controller, obtained based on inquiry data transmitted from the external storage controller, into a second code indicating a real vendor name and/or real device name of the external storage controller. The storage controller creates support information that compiles information of each model regarding whether or not it can be connected to the respective external storage controllers. Furthermore, a path control system and a timeout time can be set for the respective external storage controllers.

摘要翻译： 一种执行用户友好的信息显示的存储控制器，简化了支持信息的更新，外部存储控制器提供足够的输入/输出性能，并扩展了要支持的外部存储控制器的范围; 以及该存储控制器的控制方法。 存储控制器包括代码提取/转换单元，用于将指示供应商名称和/或外部存储控制器的设备名称的第一代码转换为指示真实供应商的第二代码，所述外部存储控制器基于从外部存储控制器发送的查询数据而获得 外部存储控制器的名称和/或实际设备名称。 存储控制器创建支持信息，编译每个模型的信息是否可以连接到相应的外部存储控制器。 此外，可以为各个外部存储控制器设置路径控制系统和超时时间。

公开(公告)号：US07412573B2

公开(公告)日：2008-08-12

申请号：US10983747

申请日：2004-11-09

申请人： Ikuo Uratani ,  Kiichiro Urabe ,  Dai Taninaka

发明人： Ikuo Uratani ,  Kiichiro Urabe ,  Dai Taninaka

IPC分类号： G06F12/00

CPC分类号： G06F3/0665 ,  G06F3/0607 ,  G06F3/0631 ,  G06F3/067

摘要： The present invention makes it possible to change over a volume transparently with respect to a host. A first storage device 2A and a second storage device 2B are connected through a communication network 3B; a volume 8 provided by the second storage device 2B is mapped as a volume of the first storage device 2A. A host 1 is capable of accessing either of the volume 6 or volume 8 via a virtual LU 4. A connection control unit 5, which may be constructed of tables or the like, connects the virtual LU 4 to either one of volume 6 and volume 8. Changeover of the connection target is performed transparently with respect to the host 1 and so is not recognized by the host 1. Consequently, the actual data storage target volume can be changed over while the host 1 always accesses the same virtual LU 4.

摘要翻译： 本发明使得可以相对于主机透明地改变体积。 第一存储装置2A和第二存储装置2B通过通信网络3B连接; 由第二存储装置2B提供的卷8被映射为第一存储装置2A的卷。主机1能够经由虚拟LU 4访问卷6或卷8中的任一个。 可以由表等构成的连接控制单元5将虚拟LU 4连接到卷6和卷8中的任一个。 连接目标的切换相对于主机1透明地执行，因此主机1不能识别。 因此，可以在主机1总是访问相同的虚拟LU 4的同时改变实际的数据存储目标卷。

公开(公告)号：US20070028073A1

公开(公告)日：2007-02-01

申请号：US11237887

申请日：2005-09-29

申请人： Satoru Takayama ,  Dai Taninaka ,  Keishi Tamura

发明人： Satoru Takayama ,  Dai Taninaka ,  Keishi Tamura

IPC分类号： G06F12/00

CPC分类号： G06F3/0665 ,  G06F3/061 ,  G06F3/067

摘要： Provided is a storage system having a first storage controller and a second storage controller. An actual device of the second storage controller is mapped to a virtual device of the first storage controller. The first storage controller has a port for transmitting control cylinder information to be written in a control information area of the actual device. As the format data to be transmitted from the first storage controller to the second storage controller, it will suffice so as long as control cylinder information is transmitted, and high speed formatting can be performed since it is not necessary to transmit 0 data.

摘要翻译： 提供一种具有第一存储控制器和第二存储控制器的存储系统。 第二存储控制器的实际设备被映射到第一存储控制器的虚拟设备。 第一存储控制器具有用于发送要写入实际设备的控制信息区域中的控制缸信息的端口。 作为要从第一存储控制器发送到第二存储控制器的格式数据，只要发送控制气缸信息就足够了，并且可以执行高速格式化，因为不需要发送0数据。