公开(公告)号：US20060294438A1

公开(公告)日：2006-12-28

申请号：US11512664

申请日：2006-08-29

申请人： Hiroaki Odawara ,  Yuichi Yagawa ,  Shoji Kodama

发明人： Hiroaki Odawara ,  Yuichi Yagawa ,  Shoji Kodama

IPC分类号： G06F11/00

CPC分类号： G06F11/0766 ,  G06F11/0727 ,  G06F11/0751 ,  G06F11/1612 ,  G06F2211/104 ,  G06F2211/1088

摘要： A method and a system for implementing the method are disclosed relating to archival storage of information in large numbers of disk units. The reliability of the stored information is checked periodically using data verification operations whose results are saved. These results establish the veracity of the data and enable compliance with various regulatory requirements. The techniques described enable the use of low cost disk drive technology, yet provide high assurance of data veracity. In a typical system, management information storage is provided in which data entries are associated with each of the disk drives to provide information with respect to the condition of the data on that drive and its last verification. The data verification operations are performed on the data during time periods when I/O accesses are not required.

公开(公告)号：US07487400B2

公开(公告)日：2009-02-03

申请号：US11512664

申请日：2006-08-29

申请人： Hiroaki Odawara ,  Yuichi Yagawa ,  Shoji Kodama

发明人： Hiroaki Odawara ,  Yuichi Yagawa ,  Shoji Kodama

IPC分类号： G06F11/00

CPC分类号： G06F11/0766 ,  G06F11/0727 ,  G06F11/0751 ,  G06F11/1612 ,  G06F2211/104 ,  G06F2211/1088

摘要： A method and a system for implementing the method are disclosed relating to archival storage of information in large numbers of disk units. The reliability of the stored information is checked periodically using data verification operations whose results are saved. These results establish the veracity of the data and enable compliance with various regulatory requirements. The techniques described enable the use of low cost disk drive technology, yet provide high assurance of data veracity. In a typical system, management information storage is provided in which data entries are associated with each of the disk drives to provide information with respect to the condition of the data on that drive and its last verification. The data verification operations are performed on the data during time periods when I/O accesses are not required.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种用于实现该方法的方法和系统，用于存储大量盘单元中的信息。 使用保存结果的数据验证操作，定期检查存储的信息的可靠性。 这些结果确定了数据的真实性，并使其符合各种监管要求。 所描述的技术使得能够使用低成本磁盘驱动器技术，但是提供了对数据真实性的高度保证。 在典型的系统中，提供管理信息存储器，其中数据条目与每个磁盘驱动器相关联，以提供关于该驱动器上的数据的状况及其最后验证的信息。 在不需要I / O访问的时间段内对数据执行数据验证操作。

公开(公告)号：US20050283682A1

公开(公告)日：2005-12-22

申请号：US10871128

申请日：2004-06-18

申请人： Hiroaki Odawara ,  Yuichi Yagawa ,  Shoji Kodama

发明人： Hiroaki Odawara ,  Yuichi Yagawa ,  Shoji Kodama

IPC分类号： G06F11/00 ,  G06F11/16

CPC分类号： G06F11/0766 ,  G06F11/0727 ,  G06F11/0751 ,  G06F11/1612 ,  G06F2211/104 ,  G06F2211/1088

摘要： A method and a system for implementing the method are disclosed relating to archival storage of information in large numbers of disk units. The reliability of the stored information is checked periodically using data verification operations whose results are saved. These results establish the veracity of the data and enable compliance with various regulatory requirements. The techniques described enable the use of low cost disk drive technology, yet provide high assurance of data veracity. In a typical system, management information storage is provided in which data entries are associated with each of the disk drives to provide information with respect to the condition of the data on that drive and its last verification. The data verification operations are performed on the data during time periods when I/O accesses are not required.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种用于实现该方法的方法和系统，用于存储大量盘单元中的信息。 使用保存结果的数据验证操作，定期检查存储的信息的可靠性。 这些结果确定了数据的真实性，并使其符合各种监管要求。 所描述的技术使得能够使用低成本磁盘驱动器技术，但是提供了对数据真实性的高度保证。 在典型的系统中，提供管理信息存储器，其中数据条目与每个磁盘驱动器相关联，以提供关于该驱动器上的数据的状况及其最后验证的信息。 在不需要I / O访问的时间段内对数据执行数据验证操作。

公开(公告)号：US06820168B2

公开(公告)日：2004-11-16

申请号：US09918796

申请日：2001-08-01

申请人： Atsushi Tanaka ,  Kiyohiro Obara ,  Hiroaki Odawara

发明人： Atsushi Tanaka ,  Kiyohiro Obara ,  Hiroaki Odawara

IPC分类号： G06F1200

CPC分类号： G06F3/0622 ,  G06F3/0637 ,  G06F3/0659 ,  G06F3/067

摘要： A virtual private volume control system, wherein in a data frame of a command issued from an OS, an ID number for identifying the OS is attached to the command; inside the disk apparatus, exclusion/priority processing is controlled, based on the ID number; thereby enhancing the transaction processing performance of a complex of servers and the disk apparatus as a whole.

摘要翻译： 一种虚拟专用卷控制系统，其中在从OS发出的命令的数据帧中附加用于识别OS的ID号， 在盘装置内，基于ID号控制排除/优先处理; 从而提高服务器和盘装置整体的事务处理性能。

公开(公告)号：US07587426B2

公开(公告)日：2009-09-08

申请号：US10219770

申请日：2002-08-16

申请人： Shinji Fujiwara ,  Nobutoshi Sagawa ,  Tetsuya Uemura ,  Hiroaki Odawara

发明人： Shinji Fujiwara ,  Nobutoshi Sagawa ,  Tetsuya Uemura ,  Hiroaki Odawara

IPC分类号： G06F17/30

CPC分类号： H04L67/1097 ,  H04L67/1002 ,  H04L67/1023

摘要： The invention relates to a method of virtualizing a plurality of network storages into a single-view file system for a client and obtains information about an object's storage location without inquiring of a resource manager. The method determines a network storage that should store an object based on a hash value generated from a logical identifier for the object to be accessed. While accessing the object, the method computes the hash value for the object's logical identifier to determine a network storage that should process an access request. Consequently, the method eliminates the need to inquire the object's storage location when the access request is issued. Further, the method eliminates the need to maintain the object's storage location when the number of servers is increased or decreased, thus providing easy management.

摘要翻译： 本发明涉及将多个网络存储器虚拟化为用于客户机的单视图文件系统的方法，并且在不查询资源管理器的情况下获取关于对象的存储位置的信息。 该方法基于从要访问的对象的逻辑标识符生成的散列值来确定应存储对象的网络存储。 在访问对象时，该方法计算对象的逻辑标识符的哈希值，以确定应处理访问请求的网络存储。 因此，当发出访问请求时，该方法消除了查询对象的存储位置的需要。 此外，当服务器的数量增加或减少时，该方法消除了维护对象的存储位置的需要，从而提供容易的管理。

公开(公告)号：US07424519B2

公开(公告)日：2008-09-09

申请号：US10194316

申请日：2002-07-15

申请人： Kazuyoshi Hoshino ,  Hiroaki Odawara

发明人： Kazuyoshi Hoshino ,  Hiroaki Odawara

IPC分类号： G06F15/167 ,  G06F15/173 ,  G06F12/00

CPC分类号： G06F3/0613 ,  G06F3/0635 ,  G06F3/065 ,  G06F3/067 ,  G06F3/0689 ,  G06F11/2069 ,  G06F11/2082 ,  Y10S707/99953

摘要： At least three storage devices are connected via a network to each other. Backup data is concurrently transferred from one of the storage devices, i.e., from a copy source storage device to other ones thereof, i.e., to copy destination storage devices. The amount of data transferred from the copy source storage device to each copy destination storage device is dynamically changed according to a state of a communication connection therebetween. At occurrence of a failure in the copy source storage device, necessary data can be concurrently read from the backup storage devices to restore the data in the copy source storage device at a high speed.

摘要翻译： 至少三个存储设备经由网络彼此连接。 备份数据从一个存储设备，即从复制源存储设备到另一个存储设备，即复制目的地存储设备。 从复制源存储装置传送到每个复制目的地存储装置的数据量根据其间的通信连接的状态动态地改变。 在复制源存储装置发生故障时，可以从备用存储装置同时读取必要的数据，以高速恢复复制源存储装置中的数据。

公开(公告)号：US20070203950A1

公开(公告)日：2007-08-30

申请号：US11797102

申请日：2007-05-01

申请人： Shigekazu Inohara ,  Itaru Nishizawa ,  Naoki Watanabe ,  Aki Tomita ,  Frederico Maciel ,  Hiroaki Odawara ,  Nobutoshi Sagawa ,  Mamoru Sugie

发明人： Shigekazu Inohara ,  Itaru Nishizawa ,  Naoki Watanabe ,  Aki Tomita ,  Frederico Maciel ,  Hiroaki Odawara ,  Nobutoshi Sagawa ,  Mamoru Sugie

IPC分类号： G06F17/00

CPC分类号： H04L67/1097 ,  G06F3/0607 ,  G06F3/0638 ,  G06F3/0659 ,  G06F3/067 ,  Y10S707/99945 ,  Y10S707/99948

摘要： A storage comprising an object access module for the shared part for implementing advanced I/O provides an interface for registering and deleting object description data declaring how to store objects within a second storage, in order to reduce the development cost of modules for implementing functions. Also, in order to reduce the total cost of ownership, modules are transferred to the storage through a management computer. The present invention allows the storage for contiguously providing functions effective to a vast range of applications to be provided with lower development cost as well as lower total cost of ownership.

摘要翻译： 包括用于实现高级I / O的用于共享部分的对象访问模块的存储器提供用于注册和删除声明如何在第二存储器中存储对象的对象描述数据的接口，以便减少用于实现功能的模块的开发成本。 此外，为了降低总体拥有成本，模块通过管理计算机传输到存储设备。 本发明允许存储连续地提供对广泛范围的应用有效的功能，以提供更低的开发成本以及更低的总体拥有成本。

公开(公告)号：US07231401B1

公开(公告)日：2007-06-12

申请号：US09416961

申请日：1999-10-13

申请人： Shigekazu Inohara ,  Itaru Nishizawa ,  Naoki Watanabe ,  Aki Tomita ,  Frederico Buchholz Maciel ,  Hiroaki Odawara ,  Nobutoshi Sagawa ,  Mamoru Sugie

发明人： Shigekazu Inohara ,  Itaru Nishizawa ,  Naoki Watanabe ,  Aki Tomita ,  Frederico Buchholz Maciel ,  Hiroaki Odawara ,  Nobutoshi Sagawa ,  Mamoru Sugie

IPC分类号： G06F17/30

CPC分类号： H04L67/1097 ,  G06F3/0607 ,  G06F3/0638 ,  G06F3/0659 ,  G06F3/067 ,  Y10S707/99945 ,  Y10S707/99948

摘要： A storage comprising an object access module for the shared part for implementing advanced I/O provides an interface (121) for registering and deleting object description data declaring how to store objects within a second storage, in order to reduce the development cost of modules for implementing functions. Also, in order to reduce the total cost of ownership, modules are transferred to the storage through a management computer. The present invention allows the storage for contiguously providing functions effective to a vast range of applications to be provided with lower development cost as well as lower total cost of ownership.

摘要翻译： 包括用于实现高级I / O的共享部件的对象访问模块的存储器提供用于注册和删除声明如何在第二存储器中存储对象的对象描述数据的接口（121），以便降低模块的开发成本 执行功能。 此外，为了降低总体拥有成本，模块通过管理计算机传输到存储设备。 本发明允许存储连续地提供对广泛范围的应用有效的功能，以提供更低的开发成本以及更低的总体拥有成本。

公开(公告)号：US06519598B1

公开(公告)日：2003-02-11

申请号：US09382695

申请日：1999-08-25

申请人： Itaru Nishizawa ,  Mamoru Sugie ,  Nobutoshi Sagawa ,  Hiroaki Odawara ,  Shigekazu Inohara ,  Frederico Maciel ,  Naoki Watanabe ,  Aki Tomita

发明人： Itaru Nishizawa ,  Mamoru Sugie ,  Nobutoshi Sagawa ,  Hiroaki Odawara ,  Shigekazu Inohara ,  Frederico Maciel ,  Naoki Watanabe ,  Aki Tomita

IPC分类号： G06F1730

CPC分类号： G06F17/30569

摘要： A data request analysis unit for accepting and analyzing a request from a client computer, a data conversion program generation unit, and a data conversion unit are provided in a magnetic disk apparatus, the data conversion program generation unit downloads a program module by way of a network as required based on the analysis result obtained by use of the data request analysis unit to generate a data conversion program, and the data conversion unit downloads the conversion program, and converts the type of the data read out from the magnetic memory medium by use of the program, and directly transfers the converted data to the client computer by way of a network interface, thereby, the present invention provides a general purpose magnetic disk apparatus which is capable of flexibly accommodating the request from the client computer, the scalability of the whole system is improved because the data is converted in the magnetic disk apparatus, and the process efficiency of the client computer is improved.

摘要翻译： 一种数据请求分析单元，用于接受和分析来自客户端计算机，数据转换程序生成单元和数据转换单元的请求，数据转换程序产生单元通过以下方式下载程序模块： 基于通过使用数据请求分析单元获得的分析结果来生成数据转换程序，并且数据转换单元下载转换程序，并且通过使用转换从磁存储介质读出的数据的类型 的程序，并且通过网络接口直接将转换的数据传送到客户端计算机，由此本发明提供一种通用磁盘装置，其能够灵活地容纳来自客户端计算机的请求，可扩展性 整个系统得到改进，因为数据在磁盘设备中被转换，并且客户端的处理效率比较 子宫改善。

公开(公告)号：US5640596A

公开(公告)日：1997-06-17

申请号：US27373

申请日：1993-03-08

申请人： Yoshifumi Takamoto ,  Hiroaki Odawara

发明人： Yoshifumi Takamoto ,  Hiroaki Odawara

IPC分类号： G06F13/12 ,  G06F15/02

CPC分类号： G06F13/126

摘要： In a system which includes an input-output controller provided with channel paths for receiving input/output requests from higher-rank apparatus, and an external storage controller connected to the input-output controller through the channels, the input-output controller registers input-output requests issued for the external storage devices from the higher-rank apparatus in input-output request queues and transfer one or plural ones of the channel programs registered in the input-output request queues collectively to the external storage controller, which control execution of the transferred channel programs, so that channel command words included in each transferred channel program are executed at timings which are adapted to an operation of one of the external storage devices which is to be controlled by the channel program.

摘要翻译： 在包括输入输出控制器的系统中，所述输入输出控制器具有用于接收来自高级装置的输入/输出请求的通道路径，以及通过所述通道连接到所述输入 - 输出控制器的外部存储控制器， 在输入输出请求队列中从高级装置发出的用于外部存储装置的输出请求，并将登记在输入输出请求队列中的一个或多个频道节目集体地传送到外部存储控制器，该外部存储控制器控制 传输的频道节目，使得包含在每个传送的频道节目中的频道命令字在适于由频道节目控制的一个外部存储装置的操作的定时被执行。