公开(公告)号：US20090063769A1

公开(公告)日：2009-03-05

申请号：US12179942

申请日：2008-07-25

申请人： Hidejirou DAIKOKUYA ,  Mikio Ito ,  Kazuhiko Ikeuchi ,  Chikashi Maeda ,  Hideo Takahashi ,  Yoshihito Konta ,  Norihide Kubota

发明人： Hidejirou DAIKOKUYA ,  Mikio Ito ,  Kazuhiko Ikeuchi ,  Chikashi Maeda ,  Hideo Takahashi ,  Yoshihito Konta ,  Norihide Kubota

IPC分类号： G06F12/16

CPC分类号： G06F12/0804 ,  G06F12/0866 ,  G06F12/123

摘要： A RAID apparatus includes a plurality of recording devices, a first adaptor connected to a first interface which is connected to a high-level apparatus, a controller for controlling processing of data transmitted by the high-level apparatus, and a second adaptor that connects to a second interface connected to a plurality of recording devices. The controller has a first memory area in which said data are stored, a second memory area used for a write-back of the data in said plurality of recording devices, a write-back information control unit controlling a write-back type of data stored in the first memory area and a usage state of the second memory area, a write-back data determination unit for determination of data to be written-back based on the write-back information, and a write-back execution unit for executing a write-back of the data to be written back on the plurality of recording devices.

摘要翻译： RAID装置包括多个记录装置，连接到连接到高级装置的第一接口的第一适配器，用于控制由高级装置发送的数据的处理的控制器，以及连接到 连接到多个记录装置的第二接口。 控制器具有存储所述数据的第一存储区域，用于在所述多个记录装置中回写数据的第二存储区域，控制存储的数据的回写类型的回写信息控制单元 在所述第一存储器区域和所述第二存储区域的使用状态中，基于所述写回信息来确定要被写回的数据的写回数据确定单元，以及用于执行写入的写回执行单元 在要记录在多个记录装置上的数据的背面。

公开(公告)号：US08364893B2

公开(公告)日：2013-01-29

申请号：US12179942

申请日：2008-07-25

申请人： Hidejirou Daikokuya ,  Mikio Ito ,  Kazuhiko Ikeuchi ,  Chikashi Maeda ,  Hideo Takahashi ,  Yoshihito Konta ,  Norihide Kubota

发明人： Hidejirou Daikokuya ,  Mikio Ito ,  Kazuhiko Ikeuchi ,  Chikashi Maeda ,  Hideo Takahashi ,  Yoshihito Konta ,  Norihide Kubota

IPC分类号： G06F12/16

CPC分类号： G06F12/0804 ,  G06F12/0866 ,  G06F12/123

摘要： A RAID apparatus includes a plurality of recording devices, a first adaptor connected to a first interface which is connected to a high-level apparatus, a controller for controlling processing of data transmitted by the high-level apparatus, and a second adaptor that connects to a second interface connected to a plurality of recording devices. The controller has a first memory area in which said data are stored, a second memory area used for a write-back of the data in said plurality of recording devices, a write-back information control unit controlling a write-back type of data stored in the first memory area and a usage state of the second memory area, a write-back data determination unit for determination of data to be written-back based on the write-back information, and a write-back execution unit for executing a write-back of the data to be written back on the plurality of recording devices.

摘要翻译： RAID装置包括多个记录装置，连接到连接到高级装置的第一接口的第一适配器，用于控制由高级装置发送的数据的处理的控制器，以及连接到 连接到多个记录装置的第二接口。 控制器具有存储所述数据的第一存储区域，用于在所述多个记录装置中回写数据的第二存储区域，控制存储的数据的回写类型的回写信息控制单元 在所述第一存储器区域和所述第二存储区域的使用状态中，基于所述写回信息来确定要被写回的数据的写回数据确定单元，以及用于执行写入的写回执行单元 在要记录在多个记录装置上的数据的背面。

公开(公告)号：US20090327605A1

公开(公告)日：2009-12-31

申请号：US12406287

申请日：2009-03-18

申请人： Hideo TAKAHASHI ,  Norihide Kubota ,  Yoshihito Konta ,  Atsushi Igashira ,  Mikio Ito ,  Hidejirou Daikokuya ,  Kazuhiko Ikeuchi ,  Chikashi Maeda

发明人： Hideo TAKAHASHI ,  Norihide Kubota ,  Yoshihito Konta ,  Atsushi Igashira ,  Mikio Ito ,  Hidejirou Daikokuya ,  Kazuhiko Ikeuchi ,  Chikashi Maeda

IPC分类号： G06F12/00

CPC分类号： G06F3/0661 ,  G06F3/0607 ,  G06F3/0689

摘要： A disk array apparatus includes a first converting unit that performs first conversion on storing object data received in a first control unit from a controller to convert the storing object data into data in a second control unit, the controller including a selecting section that selects, on the basis of the access state monitored by a monitoring section, one from the controller and said first converting unit, and a second converting unit that performs, if the controller is selected by the selecting section, a second conversion, different from the first conversion, on the object data to convert the object data managed in the first control unit into the data in the second control unit. With this configuration, the disk array apparatus accomplishes the object to improve the accessibility to different types of storage units that manage data storing in different control units.

摘要翻译： 一种磁盘阵列装置，包括：第一转换单元，其对来自控制器的第一控制单元中接收到的对象数据进行第一转换，将存储对象数据转换为第二控制单元中的数据，所述控制器包括：选择单元， 由监视部分监视的访问状态的基础，一个来自控制器和所述第一转换单元的第二转换单元，以及第二转换单元，如果由选择部分选择了控制器，则执行不同于第一转换的第二转换， 在对象数据上将第一控制单元中管理的对象数据转换为第二控制单元中的数据。 利用该配置，磁盘阵列装置实现了对不同控制单元管理数据的不同类型的存储单元的可访问性的改进。

公开(公告)号：US07925919B2

公开(公告)日：2011-04-12

申请号：US12234940

申请日：2008-09-22

申请人： Norihide Kubota ,  Hideo Takahashi ,  Yoshihito Konta ,  Atsushi Igashira ,  Mikio Ito ,  Hidejirou Daikokuya ,  Kazuhiko Ikeuchi ,  Chikashi Maeda ,  Yuji Noda ,  Tsuyoshi Nakagami

发明人： Norihide Kubota ,  Hideo Takahashi ,  Yoshihito Konta ,  Atsushi Igashira ,  Mikio Ito ,  Hidejirou Daikokuya ,  Kazuhiko Ikeuchi ,  Chikashi Maeda ,  Yuji Noda ,  Tsuyoshi Nakagami

IPC分类号： G06F11/00

CPC分类号： G06F11/2082 ,  G11B20/1803 ,  G11B2020/1823 ,  G11B2220/41 ,  G11B2220/415

摘要： A disk management method for managing a disk management device for writing and reading data to and from a disk drive in which a recording medium is managed in a first control unit. The disk management method includes an error checking operation for checking an error on the recording medium in the first control unit, an error correction operation for correcting the error detected in the error, an error correcting operation for correcting the error detected in the error checking operation after converting data including the error to the second control unit, a data loss registration operation for registering a region in which data are lost due to an inconsistency between the first control unit and second control unit in a data loss region table, and a data loss recovery operation for recovering the loss of data with reference to the data loss region table.

摘要翻译： 一种用于管理磁盘管理装置的磁盘管理方法，用于向第一控制单元中管理记录介质的磁盘驱动器写入和读取数据。 磁盘管理方法包括用于检查第一控制单元中的记录介质上的错误的错误检查操作，用于校正在错误中检测到的错误的纠错操作，用于校正在错误检查操作中检测到​​的错误的纠错操作 在将包括错误的数据转换为第二控制单元之后，在数据丢失区域表中记录由于第一控制单元和第二控制单元之间的不一致而导致数据丢失的区域的数据丢失登记操作，以及数据丢失 参考数据丢失区域表恢复数据丢失的恢复操作。

公开(公告)号：US20090327801A1

公开(公告)日：2009-12-31

申请号：US12385585

申请日：2009-04-13

申请人： Chikashi Maeda ,  Mikio Ito ,  Hidejirou Daikokuya ,  Kazuhiko Ikeuchi ,  Hideo Takahashi ,  Yoshihito Konta ,  Norihide Kubota

发明人： Chikashi Maeda ,  Mikio Ito ,  Hidejirou Daikokuya ,  Kazuhiko Ikeuchi ,  Hideo Takahashi ,  Yoshihito Konta ,  Norihide Kubota

IPC分类号： G06F11/20

CPC分类号： G06F12/0866 ,  G06F11/1092 ,  G06F11/1662 ,  G06F11/2094 ,  G11B2220/415

摘要： In a disk array system, when a failure occurs in a disk unit under control, a disk controller performs a rebuild process for rebuilding data stored on the faulty disk unit on a spare disk unit (HS). When a rebuild control section accepts an I/O request from a host before completing the rebuild process in all target areas, the rebuild control section specifies a management unit area including a target area of the I/O request and determines whether the rebuild process is completed in the management unit area. If the rebuild process is not completed in the management unit area, the rebuild control section performs the rebuild process in the management unit area by a rebuild process section and rebuilds data on the HS. After that, an I/O request handling section handles the I/O request.

摘要翻译： 在磁盘阵列系统中，当在控制的磁盘单元中发生故障时，磁盘控制器执行用于重建存储在备用磁盘单元（HS）上的故障磁盘单元上的数据的重建过程。 当重建控制部分在完成所有目标区域内的重建过程之前接受来自主机的I / O请求时，重建控制部分指定包括I / O请求的目标区域的管理单元区域，并确定重建过程是否为 在管理单位区完成。 如果在管理单元区域中未完成重建过程，则重建控制部分通过重建处理部分在管理单元区域中执行重建处理，并在HS上重建数据。 之后，I / O请求处理部分处理I / O请求。

公开(公告)号：US20110296103A1

公开(公告)日：2011-12-01

申请号：US13116298

申请日：2011-05-26

申请人： Atsushi IGASHIRA ,  Hideo Takahashi ,  Norihide Kubota ,  Kenji Kobayashi ,  Hidejirou Daikokuya ,  Kazuhiko Ikeuchi ,  Chikashi Maeda

发明人： Atsushi IGASHIRA ,  Hideo Takahashi ,  Norihide Kubota ,  Kenji Kobayashi ,  Hidejirou Daikokuya ,  Kazuhiko Ikeuchi ,  Chikashi Maeda

IPC分类号： G06F12/00

CPC分类号： G06F11/1096 ,  G06F3/0607 ,  G06F3/0632 ,  G06F3/0689 ,  G06F11/1092

摘要： According to an embodiment, a storage apparatus including: a plurality of storage media of which a first RAID is composed, a logical storage area of the first RAID for storing data being set over; a plurality of expansion storage media of which a second RAID is composed; a spare storage medium that is different from in any of the storage media or the expansion storage media; and a configuration control unit that when the spare storage medium is set in the first RAID, sets the logical storage area in the storage media, and when the expansion storage media are set in the storage apparatus, sets the expansion storage media in the second RAID, excludes the spare storage medium that is set in the first RAID, and moves the logical storage area that is set in the first RAID to the second RAID.

摘要翻译： 根据实施例，一种存储装置，包括：组合有第一RAID的多个存储介质，用于存储正在设置的数据的第一RAID的逻辑存储区域; 组成第二RAID的多个扩展存储介质; 与任何存储介质或扩展存储介质不同的备用存储介质; 以及配置控制单元，当所述备用存储介质被设置在所述第一RAID中时，设置所述存储介质中的逻辑存储区域，并且当在所述存储装置中设置所述扩展存储介质时，将所述扩展存储介质设置在所述第二RAID 不包括设置在第一RAID中的备用存储介质，并将设置在第一RAID中的逻辑存储区域移动到第二RAID。

公开(公告)号：US08504768B2

公开(公告)日：2013-08-06

申请号：US13073409

申请日：2011-03-28

申请人： Kenji Kobayashi ,  Hideo Takahashi ,  Norihide Kubota ,  Atsushi Igashira ,  Hidejirou Daikokuya ,  Kazuhiko Ikeuchi ,  Chikashi Maeda

发明人： Kenji Kobayashi ,  Hideo Takahashi ,  Norihide Kubota ,  Atsushi Igashira ,  Hidejirou Daikokuya ,  Kazuhiko Ikeuchi ,  Chikashi Maeda

IPC分类号： G06F12/00

CPC分类号： G06F11/1096

摘要： A storage apparatus has a plurality of storage media including each storage area in which a stripe is set extending over the storage area of the plurality of storage media. An access unit that writes a format data into the storage area, wherein when the plurality of storage media are formatted, the access unit writes an unformatted-state identifier indicating incompletion of formatting into at least a portion of storage area to be included in the stripe, or when the storage area to be included in the stripe is accessed for writing new data, the access unit reads out existing data stored in the storage area included in the stripe to be accessed. And when the unformatted-state identifier is detected from the existing data that has been read out, the access unit writes the new data or the format data to be written by formatting into the storage area.

摘要翻译： 存储装置具有多个存储介质，其包括每个存储区域，在该存储区域中设置有条带，其延伸在多个存储介质的存储区域上。 一种将格式数据写入存储区域的存取单元，其中当格式化多个存储介质时，访问单元将表示格式化不完整的未格式化标识符写入要包括在条带中的存储区域的至少一部分中 或者当访问要包括在条带中的存储区域以写入新数据时，访问单元读出存储在要被访问的条带中的存储区域中的现有数据。 并且当从已经读出的现有数据检测到未格式化状态标识符时，访问单元将新数据或格式化的格式数据写入存储区域。

公开(公告)号：US09075728B2

公开(公告)日：2015-07-07

申请号：US13091924

申请日：2011-04-21

申请人： Kazuhiko Ikeuchi ,  Hidejirou Daikokuya ,  Chikashi Maeda ,  Norihide Kubota

发明人： Kazuhiko Ikeuchi ,  Hidejirou Daikokuya ,  Chikashi Maeda ,  Norihide Kubota

IPC分类号： G06F12/16 ,  G06F12/08 ,  G06F3/06 ,  G06F11/20

CPC分类号： G06F12/0868 ,  G06F3/0613 ,  G06F3/0632 ,  G06F3/0635 ,  G06F3/0685 ,  G06F3/0689 ,  G06F11/201 ,  G06F2212/261

摘要： A disk array device includes, a cache memory, a plurality of types of disk drives of which data transfer capacity are different, redundant transmission paths that are data transfer paths between the cache memory and the disk drives, and a controller to divide the disk drives into two groups based on the data transfer capacity and allocate each of the two groups to each of the redundant transmission paths when the disk drives have three types.

摘要翻译： 磁盘阵列装置包括高速缓冲存储器，数据传输容量不同的多种类型的磁盘驱动器，作为高速缓冲存储器和磁盘驱动器之间的数据传送路径的冗余传输路径，以及用于划分磁盘驱动器的控制器 基于数据传输容量分为两组，当磁盘驱动器有三种类型时，将两组中的每一个分配给每个冗余传输路径。

公开(公告)号：US08601312B2

公开(公告)日：2013-12-03

申请号：US13015756

申请日：2011-01-28

申请人： Hidejirou Daikokuya ,  Kazuhiko Ikeuchi ,  Chikashi Maeda ,  Norihide Kubota

发明人： Hidejirou Daikokuya ,  Kazuhiko Ikeuchi ,  Chikashi Maeda ,  Norihide Kubota

IPC分类号： G06F11/00

CPC分类号： G06F11/14 ,  G06F12/06

摘要： A storage apparatus for storing data includes a plurality of physical media provided with storage areas to store data, a storage group determining unit configured to determine, upon detecting a request to write new data to a virtual volume to be accessed, a storage group from which to allocate storage area by selecting a storage group from among a plurality of storage groups made up of the plurality of physical media, wherein the selected storage group is other than any storage groups that include a physical medium where a failure has occurred, and a storage area allocator configured to allocate storage area on the physical media existing within the storage group that was determined by the storage group determining unit to the virtual volume, the size of the storage area corresponds to the data size of the new data.

摘要翻译： 一种用于存储数据的存储装置，包括设置有存储数据的存储区域的多个物理介质，存储组确定单元，被配置为在检测到要向要访问的虚拟卷写入新数据的请求时，确定存储组， 通过从由所述多个物理介质构成的多个存储组中选择存储组来分配存储区域，其中，所选择的存储组不同于包括发生故障的物理介质的任何存储组，以及存储 区域分配器，被配置为将由存储组确定单元确定的存储组中存在的物理介质上的存储区域分配给虚拟卷，存储区域的大小对应于新数据的数据大小。

公开(公告)号：US20110191629A1

公开(公告)日：2011-08-04

申请号：US13015756

申请日：2011-01-28

申请人： Hidejirou DAIKOKUYA ,  Kazuhiko Ikeuchi ,  Chikashi Maeda ,  Norihide Kubota

发明人： Hidejirou DAIKOKUYA ,  Kazuhiko Ikeuchi ,  Chikashi Maeda ,  Norihide Kubota

IPC分类号： G06F12/06 ,  G06F11/14

CPC分类号： G06F11/14 ,  G06F12/06

摘要： A storage apparatus for storing data includes a plurality of physical media provided with storage areas to store data, a storage group determining unit configured to determine, upon detecting a request to write new data to a virtual volume to be accessed, a storage group from which to allocate storage area by selecting a storage group from among a plurality of storage groups made up of the plurality of physical media, wherein the selected storage group is other than any storage groups that include a physical medium where a failure has occurred, and a storage area allocator configured to allocate storage area on the physical media existing within the storage group that was determined by the storage group determining unit to the virtual volume, the size of the storage area corresponds to the data size of the new data.

摘要翻译： 一种用于存储数据的存储装置，包括设置有存储数据的存储区域的多个物理介质，存储组确定单元，被配置为在检测到要向要访问的虚拟卷写入新数据的请求时，确定存储组， 通过从由所述多个物理介质构成的多个存储组中选择存储组来分配存储区域，其中，所选择的存储组不同于包括发生故障的物理介质的任何存储组，以及存储 区域分配器，被配置为将由存储组确定单元确定的存储组中存在的物理介质上的存储区域分配给虚拟卷，存储区域的大小对应于新数据的数据大小。