公开(公告)号：US08954671B2

公开(公告)日：2015-02-10

申请号：US13384040

申请日：2011-10-28

申请人： Nobuhiro Maki ,  Yuri Hiraiwa ,  Kenichi Oyamada

发明人： Nobuhiro Maki ,  Yuri Hiraiwa ,  Kenichi Oyamada

IPC分类号： G06F12/00 ,  G06F3/06 ,  G06F17/30

CPC分类号： G06F3/061 ,  G06F3/0602 ,  G06F3/0611 ,  G06F3/0644 ,  G06F3/0647 ,  G06F3/0649 ,  G06F3/0659 ,  G06F3/067 ,  G06F3/0685 ,  G06F3/0689 ,  G06F9/461 ,  G06F17/30233

摘要： Data is placed in tiered storage with a suitable granularity according to application characteristics. The storage apparatus comprises a controller for managing storage areas, provided by storage media of a plurality of types of varying performance, as pools, and for assigning the storage areas in page units to a virtual volume from any tiered storage among a plurality of types of tiered storage which the pool comprises in response to a data write request from the host computer, wherein, for specific data which is managed by the host computer, the controller specifies an area with a high referencing frequency among the specific data on the basis of organization information of the specific data, and moves this area to another of the tiered storage with a higher performance than an already assigned tiered storage.

摘要翻译： 根据应用特点，数据按适当的粒度放置在分层存储中。 存储装置包括：控制器，用于管理由多种类型的变化性能的存储介质提供的存储区域作为池，并且用于将页面单元中的存储区域分配给多个类型的 响应于来自主计算机的数据写请求，池包含的分层存储器，其中，对于由主计算机管理的特定数据，控制器基于组织指定特定数据中具有高参考频率的区域 信息的特定数据，并将该区域移动到具有比已经分配的分层存储更高的性能的分层存储中。

公开(公告)号：US08886903B2

公开(公告)日：2014-11-11

申请号：US13384960

申请日：2011-06-23

申请人： Misako Kono ,  Nobuhiro Maki ,  Masayasu Asano ,  Junichi Hara

发明人： Misako Kono ,  Nobuhiro Maki ,  Masayasu Asano ,  Junichi Hara

IPC分类号： G06F12/16 ,  G06F11/14

CPC分类号： G06F11/1461 ,  G06F3/0619 ,  G06F3/065 ,  G06F3/067 ,  G06F11/1448 ,  G06F11/1458 ,  G06F2201/815 ,  G06F2201/84

摘要： An embodiment of this invention is a storage management system including a processor and a storage device to manage a storage system having one or more copy functions. The processor locates data designated to determine a backup method. The storage device stores copy function management information on the one or more copy functions of the storage system. The processor refers to the copy function management information to ascertain the unit of copy operation of each of the one or more copy functions. The processor determines a candidate for a copy function of the storage system to be used to back up the designated data depending on the data configuration in a volume holding the designated data and the unit of copy operation of the candidate for the copy function.

摘要翻译： 本发明的一个实施例是一种存储管理系统，包括处理器和存储装置，以管理具有一个或多个复制功能的存储系统。 处理器定位指定的数据以确定备份方法。 存储装置存储关于存储系统的一个或多个复制功能的复制功能管理信息。 处理器是指复制功能管理信息，以确定一个或多个复制功能中的每一个的复制操作的单元。 处理器根据保存指定数据的卷的数据配置和复制功能候选的复制操作的单位来确定要用于备份指定数据的存储系统的复制功能的候选。

公开(公告)号：US20140019620A1

公开(公告)日：2014-01-16

申请号：US13805582

申请日：2012-07-11

申请人： Misako Kono ,  Nobuhiro Maki ,  Wataru Okada ,  Tsukasa Shibayama

发明人： Misako Kono ,  Nobuhiro Maki ,  Wataru Okada ,  Tsukasa Shibayama

IPC分类号： H04L12/70

CPC分类号： H04L47/70 ,  G06F11/2056 ,  G06F11/3034 ,  G06F11/3055 ,  G06F2201/81 ,  G06F2201/815 ,  H04L67/1097

摘要： A management system for managing an acquisition of information on multiple resources by multiple information acquisition apparatuses configured to acquire information on the multiple resources based on an information acquisition indication, is configured. The management system stores information for specifying a resource group, which is a group of multiple resources targeted for acquiring information at the same time points. The management system sends to each of multiple information acquisition apparatuses, which acquire information on multiple resources of a certain resource group, an information acquisition indication defining a timing for acquiring information from the resource of the certain resource group so that the information acquired from the multiple resources of the certain resource group are information at approximately the same time points. The information acquisition apparatus receives the information acquisition indication, and is able to acquire information on the resource of the certain resource group based on this information acquisition indication.

摘要翻译： 配置有管理系统，用于管理由多个信息获取装置获取的多个资源信息，该信息被配置为基于信息获取指示获取关于多个资源的信息。 管理系统存储用于指定资源组的信息，该资源组是用于在相同时间点获取信息的一组多个资源。 管理系统向多个信息获取装置发送信息，该多个信息获取装置获取关于某个资源组的多个资源的信息，定义用于从该资源组的资源获取信息的定时的信息获取指示，使得从多个信息获取的信息 某些资源组的资源在大约相同的时间点是信息。 信息获取装置接收信息获取指示，并且能够基于该信息获取指示获取关于该资源组的资源的信息。

公开(公告)号：US08612703B2

公开(公告)日：2013-12-17

申请号：US13195938

申请日：2011-08-02

申请人： Nobuhiro Maki ,  Yoshiaki Eguchi

发明人： Nobuhiro Maki ,  Yoshiaki Eguchi

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

CPC分类号： G06F11/1469 ,  G06F11/1458 ,  G06F2201/815

摘要： The respective data fragments stored in each page assigned to the respective virtual areas of the virtual volume are copied to the logical volume, and information representing the respective copy source pages corresponding with information representing the respective virtual areas in the mapping information that indicates which storage area corresponds with which virtual area is updated to information representing the respective copy destination storage areas of the data fragments stored in the respective copy source pages and copies the updated mapping information to the logical volume which constitutes the data fragment copy destination.

摘要翻译： 存储在分配给虚拟卷的各个虚拟区域的每个页面中的各个数据片段被复制到逻辑卷，并且表示与表示映射信息中的相应虚拟区域的信息相对应的各个复制源页面的信息，其指示哪个存储区域 对应于哪个虚拟区域被更新为表示存储在各个复制源页面中的数据片段的各个复制目的地存储区域的信息，并将更新的映射信息复制到构成数据片段复制目的地的逻辑卷。

公开(公告)号：US08423746B2

公开(公告)日：2013-04-16

申请号：US13438385

申请日：2012-04-03

申请人： Yuki Naganuma ,  Hironori Emaru ,  Toshimichi Kishimoto ,  Nobuhiro Maki

发明人： Yuki Naganuma ,  Hironori Emaru ,  Toshimichi Kishimoto ,  Nobuhiro Maki

IPC分类号： G06F12/00

CPC分类号： G06F3/0664 ,  G06F3/0605 ,  G06F3/0631 ,  G06F3/0644 ,  G06F3/065 ,  G06F3/067 ,  G06F11/2069 ,  G06F12/0866 ,  G06F2212/263

摘要： A storage system having at least two storage apparatuses capable of partitioning an internal resource into logical partitions and managing the logical partitions, and which replicates data written into a primary volume of a primary storage apparatus as the replication source storage apparatus to a secondary volume of a secondary storage apparatus as the replication destination storage apparatus, including: a configuration information sending unit for sending configuration information of the logical partition, to which the primary volume belongs, to the secondary storage apparatus; and a logical partition setting unit for setting the configuration of the logical partition to which the secondary volume belongs based on the configuration information of the logical partition to which the primary volume belongs sent from the configuration information sending unit.

摘要翻译： 一种具有至少两个存储装置的存储系统，其能够将内部资源分割成逻辑分区并管理逻辑分区，并且将写入作为复制源存储装置的主存储装置的主卷的数据复制到 副存储装置作为复制目的地存储装置，包括：配置信息发送单元，用于将主卷所属的逻辑分区的配置信息发送到辅助存储装置; 以及逻辑分区设置单元，用于基于从配置信息发送单元发送的主卷所属的逻辑分区的配置信息来设置辅助卷所属的逻辑分区的配置。

公开(公告)号：US08341455B2

公开(公告)日：2012-12-25

申请号：US13237229

申请日：2011-09-20

申请人： Nobuhiro Maki ,  Masayasu Asano

发明人： Nobuhiro Maki ,  Masayasu Asano

IPC分类号： G06F11/00 ,  G06F11/21

CPC分类号： G06F11/2087 ,  G06F11/2028 ,  G06F11/2038 ,  G06F11/2048 ,  G06F11/2071

摘要： A management system, which manages a host computer and a storage system, holds cluster information, specifies an active-state host computer and an inactive-state host computer based on a backup instruction specifying a virtual host identifier, determines the need for executing a replication for disaster recovery use, and when necessary, executes this replication for disaster recovery use in combination with a replication for backup use.

摘要翻译： 管理主计算机和存储系统的管理系统保存集群信息，基于指定虚拟主机标识符的备份指令来指定活动状态主机计算机和非活动主机计算机，确定执行复制的需要 用于灾难恢复使用，并在必要时执行此复制以进行灾难恢复使用，并结合复制进行备份使用。

公开(公告)号：US08307185B2

公开(公告)日：2012-11-06

申请号：US13239982

申请日：2011-09-22

申请人： Nobuhiro Maki ,  Yuri Hiraiwa ,  Katsuhisa Miyata ,  Masahide Sato

发明人： Nobuhiro Maki ,  Yuri Hiraiwa ,  Katsuhisa Miyata ,  Masahide Sato

IPC分类号： G06F12/00 ,  G06F13/00

CPC分类号： G06F11/2071 ,  G06F9/5016 ,  G06F11/2069

摘要： Arrangements for transfer and replication of data. A host computer retains a transfer volume management information including HDD identifiers corresponding to a plurality of primary volumes and identifiers of at least one of transfer volumes, wherein, from a plurality of volumes in a first storage device, the host computer extracts a reserve volume as an additional transfer volume, if a capacity usage of the at least one of the transfer volumes reaches or goes above a predetermined level, wherein the host computer transmits an allocation request about the additional transfer volume, wherein, after receiving the allocation request, the first storage device implements the reserve volume as the additional transfer volume corresponding to the at least one of transfer volumes for transfer of write data to the second storage device.

摘要翻译： 传输和复制数据的安排。 主计算机保留包括对应于多个主卷的HDD标识符和至少一个传送卷的标识符的传送卷管理信息，其中，从第一存储设备中的多个卷中，主计算机提取备用卷作为 如果所述至少一个传送卷的容量使用达到或超过预定级别，则所述主计算机传送关于所述附加传送卷的分配请求，其中，在接收到所述分配请求之后，所述第一 存储设备实现预留量作为与用于将写入数据传送到第二存储设备的传送卷中的至少一个对应的附加传送卷。

公开(公告)号：US20120260051A1

公开(公告)日：2012-10-11

申请号：US13128161

申请日：2011-03-01

申请人： Nobuhiro Maki ,  Masayasu Asano

发明人： Nobuhiro Maki ,  Masayasu Asano

IPC分类号： G06F12/16

CPC分类号： G06F11/2094 ,  G06F3/0611 ,  G06F3/0649 ,  G06F3/065 ,  G06F3/0685

摘要： A controller of a storage system migrates data managed in a virtual storage area of a virtual logical volume from an assigned real storage area to a real storage area of another storage medium with different characteristics according to predetermined conditions, and also executes copy processing for copying, to a second virtual logical volume, data in a copy target area being at least a part of a virtual storage area of a first virtual logical volume. When the second virtual logical volume is used, a management system controls the controller so as to migrate data of at least a part of the data that has been replicated in the second virtual logical volume by the copy processing, to a real storage area of the storage medium with more favorable characteristics.

摘要翻译： 存储系统的控制器根据预定条件将从虚拟逻辑卷的虚拟存储区域管理的数据从分配的实际存储区域移动到具有不同特征的另一存储介质的真实存储区域，并且还执行用于复制的复制处理， 到第二虚拟逻辑卷，复制目标区域中的数据是第一虚拟逻辑卷的虚拟存储区域的至少一部分。 当使用第二虚拟逻辑卷时，管理系统控制控制器，以便将通过复制处理复制在第二虚拟逻辑卷中的数据的至少一部分的数据的数据迁移到第二虚拟逻辑卷的真实存储区域 存储介质具有更好的特性。

公开(公告)号：US08281068B2

公开(公告)日：2012-10-02

申请号：US12029125

申请日：2008-02-11

申请人： Yasutaka Kono ,  Daisuke Shinohara ,  Nobuhiro Maki ,  Yukinori Sakashita

发明人： Yasutaka Kono ,  Daisuke Shinohara ,  Nobuhiro Maki ,  Yukinori Sakashita

IPC分类号： G06F12/00

CPC分类号： G06F1/3221 ,  Y02D10/154

摘要： This invention provides, when optimizing a configuration of a storage system using a pool, an optimal configuration while ensuring a policy set by an administrator, the policy concerning a power saving performance, a response performance, or the like. The management computer sets, according to the set policy, priorities to volumes held by a storage subsystem, and reserves volumes satisfying the capacity of the pool, in descending order of the priority. Only some of the reserved volumes are registered for the pool in descending order of the priority. At this time, it can be guaranteed that a host computer makes no access to the volumes which have not been registered for the pool, and therefore the sleep state is set to physical drives forming the volumes or to a controller controlling the physical drives.

摘要翻译： 本发明在确保由管理员设定的策略的情况下，使用池优化存储系统的配置时，提供最佳配置，关于节能性能，响应性能等的策略。 管理计算机根据设定的策略设置存储子系统保存的卷的优先级，并按照优先级的降序保存满足池的容量的容量。 只有一些保留的卷以优先级的降序为池注册。 此时，可以保证主计算机无法访问尚未注册到池的卷，因此将睡眠状态设置为形成卷的物理驱动器或设置为控制物理驱动器的控制器。

公开(公告)号：US20120226857A1

公开(公告)日：2012-09-06

申请号：US13473546

申请日：2012-05-16

申请人： Masayasu ASANO ,  Nobuhiro MAKI

发明人： Masayasu ASANO ,  Nobuhiro MAKI

IPC分类号： G06F12/16

CPC分类号： G06F3/0644 ,  G06F3/0608 ,  G06F3/0683

摘要： A management computer manages the pool application information that indicates a pool application for a pool and the application condition information that indicates the condition for the pool application. The management computer calculates an excess storage capacity based on a pool usage status for the pool. The management computer specifies a pool application for the pool and the condition for the pool application based on the pool application information and the application condition information. The management computer judges whether the specified condition is satisfied even in the case in which a storage area having a storage capacity equivalent to or less than the calculated excess storage capacity is deleted from the pool. In the case in which the result of the judgment is positive, the management computer defines a capacity equivalent to or less than the excess storage capacity as an unused capacity.

摘要翻译： 管理计算机管理指示池的池应用的池应用信息和指示池应用的条件的应用条件信息。 管理计算机根据池的池使用情况计算出超出的存储容量。 管理计算机根据池应用程序信息和应用程序条件信息指定池的池应用程序和池应用程序的条件。 即使在存储容量等于或小于计算的超额存储容量的存储区域从池中删除的情况下，管理计算机也判断是否满足指定条件。 在判断结果为肯定的情况下，管理计算机定义等于或小于过剩存储容量的容量作为未使用容量。