公开(公告)号：US09229637B2

公开(公告)日：2016-01-05

申请号：US13299705

申请日：2011-11-18

申请人： Toshihiko Kashiyama ,  Tomohiro Kawaguchi

发明人： Toshihiko Kashiyama ,  Tomohiro Kawaguchi

IPC分类号： G06F3/06 ,  G06F11/14

CPC分类号： G06F3/0608 ,  G06F3/065 ,  G06F3/0665 ,  G06F3/067 ,  G06F3/0685 ,  G06F11/1446 ,  G06F2201/84

摘要： Exemplary embodiments provide integrated thin provisioning pool for primary logical volume and secondary logical volume in a storage subsystem. A storage system comprises a processor; a memory; and a storage controller. In one embodiment, the storage controller is configured to allocate storage area from a first pool in response to a write request, and to control allocation of storage areas for a plurality of related data, which are to be allocated from the first pool, from different specified RAID groups in the first pool. In another embodiment, the storage controller is configured to allocate storage area from a first pool in response to a write request, and to control allocation of storage areas for a plurality of related data, which are to be allocated from the first pool, from different RAID groups in the first pool.

摘要翻译： 示例性实施例提供用于存储子系统中的主逻辑卷和辅助逻辑卷的集成精简配置池。 存储系统包括处理器; 记忆 和存储控制器。 在一个实施例中，存储控制器被配置为响应于写入请求从第一池分配存储区域，并且控制要从第一池分配的多个相关数据的存储区域的分配来自不同的 指定的RAID组在第一个池。 在另一实施例中，存储控制器被配置为响应于写入请求从第一池分配存储区域，并且控制要从第一池分配的多个相关数据的存储区域的分配来自不同的 第一个池中的RAID组。

公开(公告)号：US09218131B2

公开(公告)日：2015-12-22

申请号：US13277134

申请日：2011-10-19

申请人： Shinichi Hayashi ,  Tomohiro Kawaguchi

发明人： Shinichi Hayashi ,  Tomohiro Kawaguchi

IPC分类号： G06F15/167 ,  G06F3/06

CPC分类号： G06F3/0619 ,  G06F3/0608 ,  G06F3/061 ,  G06F3/0631 ,  G06F3/0647 ,  G06F3/0649 ,  G06F3/0665 ,  G06F3/067 ,  G06F3/0685 ,  G06F3/0689

摘要： Systems and methods directed to changing tiers for a storage area that utilizes thin provisioning. Systems and methods check the area subject to a tier change command and change the tier based on the tier specified in the tier change command, and the tier presently associated with the targeted storage area. The pages of the systems and methods may be further restricted to one file per page.

摘要翻译： 针对使用精简配置的存储区域改变层的系统和方法。 系统和方法根据层次更改命令检查区域，并根据层更改命令中指定的层和当前与目标存储区域相关联的层更改层。 系统和方法的页面可以进一步限制为每页一个文件。

公开(公告)号：US08932807B2

公开(公告)日：2015-01-13

申请号：US14043052

申请日：2013-10-01

申请人： Alan W. Decho ,  Tomohiro Kawaguchi ,  Yung-pin Chen

发明人： Alan W. Decho ,  Tomohiro Kawaguchi ,  Yung-pin Chen

IPC分类号： C12Q1/00 ,  C12Q1/34 ,  G01N21/64 ,  G01N21/78

CPC分类号： C12Q1/34 ,  G01N21/6428 ,  G01N21/78

摘要： A cell-lysate extract based assay reagent for detecting quorum sensing signals is generally provided, along with methods of making and using the same. The assay reagent generally includes a cell-lysate extract formed from a biosensor bacterium (e.g., Agrobacterium tumefaciens NTL4 (pCF218)(pCF372)) and a detecting substrate (e.g., an absorbance-based or luminescence-based substrate). The cell-lysate extract can be prepared by (1) disrupting the cell membranes of the biosensor bacterium to release the cellular components into a solution, (2) centrifuging the resulting solution, and (3) removing the resulting supernatant solution.

摘要翻译： 通常提供用于检测群体感测信号的基于细胞裂解液提取物的测定试剂及其制备和使用方法。 测定试剂通常包括由生物传感器细菌（例如根癌土壤杆菌NTL4（pCF218）（pCF372））和检测底物（例如基于吸光度或发光的基底）形成的细胞裂解物提取物。 细胞裂解物提取物可以通过（1）破坏生物传感器细菌的细胞膜以将细胞成分释放到溶液中来制备，（2）离心所得溶液，和（3）除去所得上清液。

公开(公告)号：US08775733B2

公开(公告)日：2014-07-08

申请号：US13220853

申请日：2011-08-30

申请人： Tomohiro Kawaguchi

发明人： Tomohiro Kawaguchi

IPC分类号： G06F13/00

CPC分类号： G06F11/1092 ,  G06F2211/1057 ,  G06F2211/1059

摘要： Exemplary embodiments of the invention provide a distribution design for fast RAID rebuild architecture that avoids the deterioration of the availability/reliability in the distribution architecture. According to one aspect of the invention, a storage system comprises: a data storage unit including a plurality of storage devices; a storage controller including a processor, a memory, and a controller for controlling data transfer between the memory and corresponding storage devices in the data storage unit; and an internal network coupled between the storage controller and the storage devices. Based on loads of the processor of the storage controller and the internal network, the storage controller controls to limit a number of redundant storage devices over which to distribute a write data.

摘要翻译： 本发明的示例性实施例提供了用于快速RAID重建架构的分发设计，其避免了分布架构中的可用性/可靠性的恶化。 根据本发明的一个方面，一种存储系统包括：数据存储单元，包括多个存储设备; 存储控制器，包括处理器，存储器和控制器，用于控制数据存储单元中的存储器和对应的存储设备之间的数据传输; 以及耦合在存储控制器和存储设备之间的内部网络。 基于存储控制器和内部网络的处理器的负载，存储控制器控制以限制用于分发写入数据的多个冗余存储设备。

公开(公告)号：US08546071B2

公开(公告)日：2013-10-01

申请号：US12180857

申请日：2008-07-28

申请人： Alan W. Decho ,  Tomohiro Kawaguchi ,  Yung-pin Chen

发明人： Alan W. Decho ,  Tomohiro Kawaguchi ,  Yung-pin Chen

IPC分类号： C12Q1/00

CPC分类号： C12Q1/34 ,  G01N21/6428 ,  G01N21/78

摘要： A cell-lysate extract based assay reagent for detecting quorum sensing signals is generally provided, along with methods of making and using the same. The assay reagent generally includes a cell-lysate extract formed from a biosensor bacterium (e.g., Agrobacterium tumefaciens NTL4 (pCF218)(pCF372)) and a detecting substrate (e.g., an absorbance-based or luminescence-based substrate). The cell-lysate extract can be prepared by (1) disrupting the cell membranes of the biosensor bacterium to release the cellular components into a solution, (2) centrifuging the resulting solution, and (3) removing the resulting supernatant solution.

摘要翻译： 通常提供用于检测群体感测信号的基于细胞裂解液提取物的测定试剂及其制备和使用方法。 测定试剂通常包括由生物传感器细菌（例如根癌土壤杆菌NTL4（pCF218）（pCF372））和检测底物（例如基于吸光度或发光的基底）形成的细胞裂解物提取物。 细胞裂解物提取物可以通过（1）破坏生物传感器细菌的细胞膜以将细胞成分释放到溶液中来制备，（2）离心所得溶液，和（3）除去所得上清液。

公开(公告)号：US08522071B2

公开(公告)日：2013-08-27

申请号：US13035950

申请日：2011-02-26

申请人： Kenta Ninose ,  Tomohiro Kawaguchi ,  Yoshiaki Eguchi

发明人： Kenta Ninose ,  Tomohiro Kawaguchi ,  Yoshiaki Eguchi

IPC分类号： G06F11/00

CPC分类号： G06F3/0629 ,  G06F3/0608 ,  G06F3/0614 ,  G06F3/0617 ,  G06F3/0631 ,  G06F3/0665 ,  G06F3/0689 ,  G06F11/1092 ,  G06F11/2082

摘要： A storage system including: a controller; and, a plurality of physical storage devices coupled to the controller and constituting a RAID group; wherein the controller provides one or more logical volumes belonging to the RAID group, each of the one or more logical volumes having a plurality of storage areas; one or more virtual volumes, wherein, when receiving a write request to a virtual volume of the one or more virtual volumes, the controller allocates a storage area in a logical volume to the virtual volume; and writes data to the allocated storage area, wherein, when a physical storage device of the plurality of physical storage devices fails, the controller selectively performs a RAID restore process to a storage area allocated to a virtual volume.

摘要翻译： 一种存储系统，包括：控制器; 以及耦合到所述控制器并构成RAID组的多个物理存储设备; 其中所述控制器提供属于所述RAID组的一个或多个逻辑卷，所述一个或多个逻辑卷中的每一个具有多个存储区域; 一个或多个虚拟卷，其中，当向所述一个或多个虚拟卷的虚拟卷接收写入请求时，所述控制器向所述虚拟卷分配逻辑卷中的存储区域; 并将数据写入所分配的存储区域，其中，当所述多个物理存储装置的物理存储装置发生故障时，所述控制器选择性地向分配给虚拟卷的存储区域执行RAID恢复处理。

公开(公告)号：US20130179737A1

公开(公告)日：2013-07-11

申请号：US13783489

申请日：2013-03-04

申请人： Tomohiro Kawaguchi ,  Akira Yamamoto

发明人： Tomohiro Kawaguchi ,  Akira Yamamoto

IPC分类号： G06F11/00

CPC分类号： G06F11/1004 ,  G06F11/006 ,  G06F11/1076 ,  G06F11/2094 ,  G06F2211/1059

摘要： A system comprising a plurality of storage systems, which uses storage devices of multiple levels of reliability. The reliability as a whole system is increased by keeping the error code for the relatively low reliability storage disks in the relatively high reliability storage system. The error code is calculated using hash functions and the value is used to compare with the hash value of the data read from the relatively low reliability storage disks.

摘要翻译： 一种包括多个存储系统的系统，其使用多级可靠性的存储设备。 通过在相对较高的可靠性存储系统中保持相对较低的可靠性存储盘的错误代码来增加整个系统的可靠性。 使用散列函数计算错误代码，该值用于与从较低可靠性存储磁盘读取的数据的哈希值进行比较。

公开(公告)号：US20120304006A1

公开(公告)日：2012-11-29

申请号：US13570700

申请日：2012-08-09

申请人： Tomohiro KAWAGUCHI

发明人： Tomohiro KAWAGUCHI

IPC分类号： G06F11/14

CPC分类号： G06F11/2082 ,  G06F11/1456 ,  G06F11/1464 ,  G06F11/1469 ,  G06F11/2066 ,  G06F11/2069 ,  G06F11/2071 ,  G06F2201/84

摘要： The local storage performs remote copy to the remote storage. For low traffic failback remote copy, the remote storage performs a delta copy to the local storage, the delta being the difference between the remote storage and local storage. The local storage backs up snapshot data. The remote storage resolves the difference of the snapshot of the local storage and the remote storage. The difference resolution method can take one of several approaches. First, the system informs the timing of snapshot of the local storage to the remote storage and records the accessed area of the data. Second, the system informs the timing of snapshot of the local storage to the remote storage, and the remote storage makes a snapshot and compares the snapshot and remote copied data. Third, the system compares the local data and remote copy data with hashed data.

摘要翻译： 本地存储对远程存储执行远程复制。 对于低流量故障恢复远程副本，远程存储对本地存储执行增量副本，增量是远程存储和本地存储之间的差异。 本地存储备份快照数据。 远程存储解决了本地存储和远程存储的快照的差异。 差分解决方法可以采取几种方法之一。 首先，系统将本地存储的快照时间通知给远程存储，并记录访问的数据区域。 第二，系统通知本地存储到远程存储的快照的时间，远程存储进行快照并比较快照和远程复制的数据。 第三，系统将本地数据和远程复制数据与散列数据进行比较。

公开(公告)号：US08131927B2

公开(公告)日：2012-03-06

申请号：US11948948

申请日：2007-11-30

申请人： Tomohiro Kawaguchi

发明人： Tomohiro Kawaguchi

IPC分类号： G06F12/00 ,  G06F3/06 ,  G06F13/00 ,  G06F13/28 ,  G06F9/26 ,  G06F9/34 ,  G06F7/00 ,  G06F17/00 ,  G06F15/00 ,  G06F13/12 ,  G06F13/38

CPC分类号： G06F3/0608 ,  G06F3/0656 ,  G06F3/0665 ,  G06F3/0689 ,  G06F12/0866

摘要： A computerized data storage system includes at least one storage device including a nonvolatile writable medium; a cache memory operatively coupled to the storage port and including a data storing area and a data management controller and a storage port. The storage port is operable to connect to a host computer, receive and send I/O information required by the host computer. The storage port is also operable to receive a request to read data, and, in response to the request to read data, the storage port is operable to send the data stored in the data storing area of the cache memory. The storage port is further operable to receive a request to write data, and, in response to the request to write data, the storage port is operable to send the write data to the data storing area of the cache memory. The storage system further includes a thin provisioning controller operable to provide a virtual volume having a virtual volume page, a capacity pool having a capacity pool page and manage a mapping between the virtual volume page and the capacity pool page. The storage system further includes a data compression controller operable to perform a compression operation, and a data decompression controller operable to perform a decompression operation.

摘要翻译： 计算机化数据存储系统包括至少一个包括非易失性可写介质的存储设备; 可操作地耦合到存储端口并且包括数据存储区域和数据管理控制器和存储端口的高速缓存存储器。 存储端口可操作以连接到主计算机，接收和发送主计算机所需的I / O信息。 存储端口还可操作以接收读取数据的请求，并且响应于读取数据的请求，存储端口可操作以发送存储在高速缓冲存储器的数据存储区域中的数据。 存储端口还可操作用于接收写入数据的请求，并且响应于写入数据的请求，存储端口可操作地将写入数据发送到高速缓冲存储器的数据存储区域。 存储系统还包括精简配置控制器，其可操作以提供具有虚拟卷页面的虚拟卷，具有容量池页面的容量池，并且管理虚拟卷页面与容量池页面之间的映射。 存储系统还包括可操作以执行压缩操作的数据压缩控制器和可操作以执行解压缩操作的数据解压缩控制器。

公开(公告)号：US20120017061A1

公开(公告)日：2012-01-19

申请号：US12838688

申请日：2010-07-19

申请人： Tomohiro Kawaguchi

发明人： Tomohiro Kawaguchi

IPC分类号： G06F12/02

CPC分类号： G06F3/0607 ,  G06F3/0632 ,  G06F3/0635 ,  G06F3/0647 ,  G06F3/067

摘要： A system comprises a plurality of storage systems, which provides different storage functions, and is controlled by a management server. The management server determines whether to change the control of the storage controller between the storage systems, or to mount the target volume as an external volume and keep the storage controller under control so that the storage function provided to the source volume is maintained even after the configuration change between the storage systems. After the determination, the management server instructs the storage system to perform according to the determination.

摘要翻译： 系统包括提供不同存储功能的多个存储系统，并由管理服务器控制。 管理服务器确定是否更改存储系统之间的存储控制器的控制，或者将目标卷作为外部卷进行安装，并且保持存储控制器的控制，使得提供给源卷的存储功能即使在 存储系统之间的配置更改。 在确定之后，管理服务器根据确定指示存储系统执行。