公开(公告)号：US08572319B2

公开(公告)日：2013-10-29

申请号：US13263664

申请日：2011-09-28

申请人： Naoko Kumagai ,  Tsutomu Sukigara ,  Tetsuya Abe

发明人： Naoko Kumagai ,  Tsutomu Sukigara ,  Tetsuya Abe

IPC分类号： G06F12/16

CPC分类号： G06F9/5072 ,  G06F3/0604 ,  G06F3/0649 ,  G06F3/0685 ,  G06Q90/00

摘要： Conventionally, the fees for using services of a storage system was calculated based on the status of use or access performance of storage areas and not based on migration of data. The present invention provides a storage system in which multiple tiers composed of storage areas of various memory devices are assigned in page units and the assigned tiers are changed based on access frequency, wherein stored costs are calculated based on status of use of the storage areas constituting the tiers, and migration costs are calculated and charged based on the amount of migration of data among tiers and the I/O access counts after migration, according to which appropriate charging of cost for using the storage system is enabled.

摘要翻译： 通常，存储系统使用服务的费用是根据存储区域的使用状况或访问性能计算的，而不是基于数据迁移。 本发明提供了一种存储系统，其中以页面单位分配由各种存储器件的存储区域组成的多层，并且基于访问频率改变分配层，其中基于构成的存储区域的使用状态来计算存储成本 根据迁移后的数据层次和I / O访问计数之间的数据迁移量，根据哪些使用存储系统的成本进行适当的计费，计算层次和迁移成本。

公开(公告)号：US20130080703A1

公开(公告)日：2013-03-28

申请号：US13263664

申请日：2011-09-28

申请人： Naoko Kumagai ,  Tsutomu Sukigara ,  Tetsuya Abe

发明人： Naoko Kumagai ,  Tsutomu Sukigara ,  Tetsuya Abe

IPC分类号： G06F12/02

CPC分类号： G06F9/5072 ,  G06F3/0604 ,  G06F3/0649 ,  G06F3/0685 ,  G06Q90/00

摘要： Conventionally, the fees for using services of a storage system was calculated based on the status of use or access performance of storage areas and not based on migration of data. The present invention provides a storage system in which multiple tiers composed of storage areas of various memory devices are assigned in page units and the assigned tiers are changed based on access frequency, wherein stored costs are calculated based on status of use of the storage areas constituting the tiers, and migration costs are calculated and charged based on the amount of migration of data among tiers and the I/O access counts after migration, according to which appropriate charging of cost for using the storage system is enabled.

摘要翻译： 通常，存储系统使用服务的费用是根据存储区域的使用状况或访问性能计算的，而不是基于数据迁移。 本发明提供了一种存储系统，其中以页面单位分配由各种存储器件的存储区域组成的多层，并且基于访问频率改变分配层，其中基于构成的存储区域的使用状态来计算存储成本 根据迁移后的数据层次和I / O访问计数之间的数据迁移量，根据哪些使用存储系统的成本进行适当的计费，计算层次和迁移成本。

公开(公告)号：US06496318B1

公开(公告)日：2002-12-17

申请号：US09441556

申请日：1999-11-17

申请人： Tsutomu Sukigara ,  Hidehiko Iwasaki ,  Takashi Takenaka ,  Mitsuhiko Oguchi ,  Yuichi Otani

发明人： Tsutomu Sukigara ,  Hidehiko Iwasaki ,  Takashi Takenaka ,  Mitsuhiko Oguchi ,  Yuichi Otani

IPC分类号： G11B1926

CPC分类号： G11B5/40 ,  G11B19/06 ,  G11B19/20

摘要： A method and system which prevents starting-up problems in plural magnetic disk storage devices included in a disk array system during restart following halt of the magnetic disk storage devices after long term operation. The disk array system includes the plural magnetic disk storage devices, a microprocessor unit (MPU) which controls the magnetic disk storage devices, a control memory, a parity calculator, and cache memory. The control memory contains a operation time control table in which a tolerable continuous operation time Ti and a halt time Ts are stored. Each of the magnetic disk storage devices is intentionally stopped individually for the halt time Ts at time interval of the tolerable continuous operation time Ti. A request for reading data from one magnetic disk storage device under halt is responded to by using a data recovery function, while a request for writing data to a magnetic disk storage device under halt is responded to by writing data to an alternate spare magnetic disk storage device or memory.

摘要翻译： 长期运行之后，在停止磁盘存储装置之后的重启期间，防止包括在磁盘阵列系统中的多个磁盘存储装置中的起动问题的方法和系统。 磁盘阵列系统包括多个磁盘存储装置，控制磁盘存储装置的微处理器单元（MPU），控制存储器，奇偶校验计算器和高速缓冲存储器。 控制存储器包括其中存储可容许的连续操作时间Ti和停止时间Ts的操作时间控制表。 在容许的连续动作时间Ti的时间间隔，各个磁盘存储装置有意地分别停止停止时间Ts。 通过使用数据恢复功能来响应从停止的一个磁盘存储设备读取数据的请求，而通过将数据写入备用备用磁盘存储器来响应写入到停止的磁盘存储设备的数据的请求 设备或内存

公开(公告)号：US08108337B2

公开(公告)日：2012-01-31

申请号：US12187298

申请日：2008-08-06

申请人： Kenneth Wayne Boyd ,  Kenneth Fairclough Day, III ,  Gerardo De Jesus Frias Garcia ,  John Earle Lindley ,  Gregory Edward McBride ,  Ryusuke Ito ,  Yasumitsu Mizoguchi ,  Kenta Ninose ,  Akinobu Shimada ,  Tsutomu Sukigara

发明人： Kenneth Wayne Boyd ,  Kenneth Fairclough Day, III ,  Gerardo De Jesus Frias Garcia ,  John Earle Lindley ,  Gregory Edward McBride ,  Ryusuke Ito ,  Yasumitsu Mizoguchi ,  Kenta Ninose ,  Akinobu Shimada ,  Tsutomu Sukigara

IPC分类号： G06F17/30

CPC分类号： G06F17/30575 ,  G06F11/2064 ,  G06F11/2074 ,  G06F2201/855

摘要： Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture for controlling a first storage system receiving commands from a first and second managers to create a consistency group with a second storage system. Host writes are received at the first storage system, wherein the first storage system includes a first storage system primary site and a first storage system secondary site. The first storage system sends the host writes from the first storage system primary site to the first storage system secondary site. Host write operations are quiesced at the first storage system in response to a first command from a first manager. Host write operations are resumed at the first storage system in response to receiving a second command from the first manager. The first storage system receives a run command with a marker, wherein the marker indicates a cycle number to control the cycles of the first and second storage systems. The first storage system sends the marker from the first storage system primary site to the first storage system secondary site. The first storage system sends the marker to a second manager. The first storage system applies the host writes to the first storage system secondary site. The first storage system sends a first message to the first storage system primary site from the first storage system secondary site after completing the applying of the host writes. The first storage system sends a second message to the first manager indicating whether conformation was received from the first storage system secondary site that the host writes were applied.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于控制从第一和第二管理器接收命令以与第二存储系统一起创建一致性组的第一存储系统的方法，系统和制品。 在第一存储系统处接收主机写入，其中第一存储系统包括第一存储系统主站点和第一存储系统辅助站点。 第一个存储系统将主机写入从第一个存储系统主站点发送到第一个存储系统辅助站点。 响应于来自第一管理器的第一命令，主机写入操作在第一存储系统处于静止状态。 响应于从第一管理器接收到第二命令，在第一存储系统处恢复主机写入操作。 第一存储系统接收具有标记的运行命令，其中标记指示用于控制第一和第二存储系统的周期的循环数。 第一个存储系统将标记从第一个存储系统主站点发送到第一个存储系统辅助站点。 第一个存储系统将标记发送给第二个管理器。 第一个存储系统将主机写入应用于第一个存储系统辅助站点。 第一存储系统在完成主机写入的应用之后，从第一存储系统辅助站点向第一存储系统主站点发送第一消息。 第一存储系统向第一管理器发送第二消息，指示是否从主机写入的第一存储系统辅助站点接收到构造是否被应用。

公开(公告)号：US08099387B2

公开(公告)日：2012-01-17

申请号：US12131877

申请日：2008-06-02

申请人： Kenneth Wayne Boyd ,  Kenneth Fairclough Day, III ,  Gerardo De Jesus Frias Garcia ,  John Earle Lindley ,  Gregory Edward McBride ,  Ryusuke Ito ,  Yasumitsu Mizoguchi ,  Kenta Ninose ,  Akinobu Shimada ,  Tsutomu Sukigara

发明人： Kenneth Wayne Boyd ,  Kenneth Fairclough Day, III ,  Gerardo De Jesus Frias Garcia ,  John Earle Lindley ,  Gregory Edward McBride ,  Ryusuke Ito ,  Yasumitsu Mizoguchi ,  Kenta Ninose ,  Akinobu Shimada ,  Tsutomu Sukigara

IPC分类号： G06F17/30

CPC分类号： G06F17/30575 ,  G06F11/2064 ,  G06F11/2074 ,  G06F2201/855

摘要： Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture for managing consistency groups using heterogeneous replication engines replicating data. A common linkage manager issues a prepare to create consistency group command to a first replication manager and a second replication manager, wherein the first and second replication managers issue create consistency group commands to first and second replication engines, respectively, to form a consistency group of data at a first source storage and a second source storage to copy to a first target storage and second target storage, respectively. The first and second replication managers form a first consistency group and a second consistency group of data from the first and second source storages, respectively, that are consistent as of a point-in-time in response to the create consistency group command; transmitting, by the first and second replication managers, the data in the formed first and second consistency groups to a first journal and second journal, respectively. The first and second replication managers commit the data in the first and second consistency groups in the first and second journals to the first and second target storages, respectively, in response to the first and second replication managers receiving a commit command.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种使用异构复制引擎复制数据来管理一致性组的方法，系统和制品。 公共连接管理器发出准备以向第一复制管理器和第二复制管理器创建一致性组命令，其中第一和第二复制管理器分别向第一和第二复制引擎创建一致性组命令，以形成一致性组 分别在第一源存储器处的数据和第二源存储器复制到第一目标存储器和第二目标存储器。 第一和第二复制管理器分别形成来自第一和第二源存储器的第一一致性组和第二一致性数据组，其响应于创建一致性组命令而与时间点一致; 将所形成的第一和第二一致性组中的数据分别由第一和第二复制管理器传送到第一日志和第二日志。 响应于第一和第二复制管理器接收提交命令，第一和第二复制管理器将第一和第二日志中的第一和第二一致性组中的数据分别提交给第一和第二目标存储。

公开(公告)号：US6057974A

公开(公告)日：2000-05-02

申请号：US896761

申请日：1997-07-18

申请人： Tsutomu Sukigara ,  Hidehiko Iwasaki ,  Takashi Takenaka ,  Mitsuhiko Oguchi ,  Yuichi Otani

发明人： Tsutomu Sukigara ,  Hidehiko Iwasaki ,  Takashi Takenaka ,  Mitsuhiko Oguchi ,  Yuichi Otani

IPC分类号： G11B5/40 ,  G11B19/06 ,  G11B19/20 ,  G11B15/48

CPC分类号： G11B5/40 ,  G11B19/06 ,  G11B19/20

摘要： A method and system which prevents starting-up problems in plural magnetic disk storage devices included in a disk array system during restart following halt of the magnetic disk storage devices after long term operation. The disk array system includes the plural magnetic disk storage devices, a microprocessor unit (MPU) which controls the magnetic disk storage devices, a control memory, a parity calculator, and cache memory. The control memory contains a operation time control table in which a tolerable continuous operation time Ti and a halt time Ts are stored. Each of the magnetic disk storage devices is intentionally stopped individually for the halt time Ts at time interval of the tolerable continuous operation time Ti. A request for reading data from one magnetic disk storage device under halt is responded to by using a data recovery function, while a request for writing data to a magnetic disk storage device under halt is responded to by writing data to an alternate spare magnetic disk storage device or memory.

公开(公告)号：US20090300078A1

公开(公告)日：2009-12-03

申请号：US12131877

申请日：2008-06-02

申请人： Kenneth Wayne Boyd ,  Kenneth Fairclough Day, III ,  Gerardo De Jesus Frias Garcia ,  John Earle Lindley ,  Gregory Edward McBride ,  Ryusuke Ito ,  Yasumitsu Mizoguchi ,  Kenta Ninose ,  Akinobu Shimada ,  Tsutomu Sukigara

发明人： Kenneth Wayne Boyd ,  Kenneth Fairclough Day, III ,  Gerardo De Jesus Frias Garcia ,  John Earle Lindley ,  Gregory Edward McBride ,  Ryusuke Ito ,  Yasumitsu Mizoguchi ,  Kenta Ninose ,  Akinobu Shimada ,  Tsutomu Sukigara

IPC分类号： G06F17/30

CPC分类号： G06F17/30575 ,  G06F11/2064 ,  G06F11/2074 ,  G06F2201/855

摘要： Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture for managing consistency groups using heterogeneous replication engines replicating data. A common linkage manager issues a prepare to create consistency group command to a first replication manager and a second replication manager, wherein the first and second replication managers issue create consistency group commands to first and second replication engines, respectively, to form a consistency group of data at a first source storage and a second source storage to copy to a first target storage and second target storage, respectively. The first and second replication managers form a first consistency group and a second consistency group of data from the first and second source storages, respectively, that are consistent as of a point-in-time in response to the create consistency group command; transmitting, by the first and second replication managers, the data in the formed first and second consistency groups to a first journal and second journal, respectively. The first and second replication managers commit the data in the first and second consistency groups in the first and second journals to the first and second target storages, respectively, in response to the first and second replication managers receiving a commit command.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种使用异构复制引擎复制数据来管理一致性组的方法，系统和制品。 公共连接管理器发出准备以向第一复制管理器和第二复制管理器创建一致性组命令，其中第一和第二复制管理器分别向第一和第二复制引擎创建一致性组命令，以形成一致性组 分别在第一源存储器处的数据和第二源存储器复制到第一目标存储器和第二目标存储器。 第一和第二复制管理器分别形成来自第一和第二源存储器的第一一致性组和第二一致性数据组，其响应于创建一致性组命令而与时间点一致; 将所形成的第一和第二一致性组中的数据分别由第一和第二复制管理器传送到第一日志和第二日志。 响应于第一和第二复制管理器接收提交命令，第一和第二复制管理器将第一和第二日志中的第一和第二一致性组中的数据分别提交给第一和第二目标存储。