公开(公告)号：US20120023290A1

公开(公告)日：2012-01-26

申请号：US12738601

申请日：2010-04-05

申请人： Sadahiro Sugimoto ,  Noboru Morishita ,  Kazuyoshi Serizawa

发明人： Sadahiro Sugimoto ,  Noboru Morishita ,  Kazuyoshi Serizawa

IPC分类号： G06F12/00

CPC分类号： G06F3/0665 ,  G06F3/0607 ,  G06F3/0635 ,  G06F3/067 ,  G06F12/0866

摘要： There are a loose coupling and a tight coupling as the coupling configurations for a first module and a second module. The loose coupling is a coupling configuration in which the first and second modules are coupled together by way of a front-end path, and the first module is not able to access a second storage resource. The tight coupling is a coupling configuration in which the first and second modules are coupled together by way of a back-end path, and the first module is able to access the second storage resource. A switch from the loose coupling to the tight coupling is performed using the following processing flow without the first and second modules being partitioned into respectively independent storage modules. Specifically, first, the first and second modules are coupled together by way of the back-end path, and next, the first module merges information denoted by second management information from the second storage resource with first management information via the back-end path.

摘要翻译： 作为第一模块和第二模块的耦合配置，存在松耦合和紧耦合。 松耦合是其中第一和第二模块通过前端路径耦合在一起的耦合配置，并且第一模块不能访问第二存储资源。 紧耦合是其中第一和第二模块通过后端路径耦合在一起的耦合配置，并且第一模块能够访问第二存储资源。 使用以下处理流程，从松耦合到紧耦合的切换，而不将第一和第二模块分成独立的存储模块。 具体地说，首先，第一模块和第二模块通过后端路径耦合在一起，接下来，第一模块通过后端路径将来自第二存储资源的第二管理信息所表示的信息与第一管理信息进行合并。

公开(公告)号：US08312234B2

公开(公告)日：2012-11-13

申请号：US12738601

申请日：2010-04-05

申请人： Sadahiro Sugimoto ,  Noboru Morishita ,  Kazuyoshi Serizawa

发明人： Sadahiro Sugimoto ,  Noboru Morishita ,  Kazuyoshi Serizawa

IPC分类号： G06F12/00

CPC分类号： G06F3/0665 ,  G06F3/0607 ,  G06F3/0635 ,  G06F3/067 ,  G06F12/0866

摘要： There are a loose coupling and a tight coupling as the coupling configurations for a first module and a second module. The loose coupling is a coupling configuration in which the first and second modules are coupled together by way of a front-end path, and the first module is not able to access a second storage resource. The tight coupling is a coupling configuration in which the first and second modules are coupled together by way of a back-end path, and the first module is able to access the second storage resource. A switch from the loose coupling to the tight coupling is performed using the following processing flow without the first and second modules being partitioned into respectively independent storage modules. Specifically, first, the first and second modules are coupled together by way of the back-end path, and next, the first module merges information denoted by second management information from the second storage resource with first management information via the back-end path.

摘要翻译： 作为第一模块和第二模块的耦合配置，存在松耦合和紧耦合。 松耦合是其中第一和第二模块通过前端路径耦合在一起的耦合配置，并且第一模块不能访问第二存储资源。 紧耦合是其中第一和第二模块通过后端路径耦合在一起的耦合配置，并且第一模块能够访问第二存储资源。 使用以下处理流程，从松耦合到紧耦合的切换，而不将第一和第二模块分成独立的存储模块。 具体地说，首先，第一模块和第二模块通过后端路径耦合在一起，接下来，第一模块通过后端路径将来自第二存储资源的第二管理信息所表示的信息与第一管理信息进行合并。

公开(公告)号：US20110252262A1

公开(公告)日：2011-10-13

申请号：US12309410

申请日：2009-01-09

申请人： Tomohiro Yoshihara ,  Sadahiro Sugimoto ,  Norio Shimozono ,  Noboru Morishita ,  Masayuki Yamamoto

发明人： Tomohiro Yoshihara ,  Sadahiro Sugimoto ,  Norio Shimozono ,  Noboru Morishita ,  Masayuki Yamamoto

IPC分类号： G06F1/12

CPC分类号： G06F3/0653 ,  G06F3/061 ,  G06F3/0635 ,  G06F3/0673 ,  G06F3/0683

摘要： In a storage system which includes a plurality of microprocessors, it is desired to prevent delay in I/O responses due to synchronous' processing waiting for asynchronous processing, while still ensuring the throughput of asynchronous processing. In a plurality of microprocessors possessed by a controller, synchronous processors and asynchronous processors are mixed together. The synchronous processors are microprocessors whose duty is to perform synchronous processing and not to perform asynchronous processing. And the asynchronous processors are microprocessors whose duty is to perform asynchronous processing and not to perform synchronous processing.

摘要翻译： 在包括多个微处理器的存储系统中，期望防止由于同步处理等待异步处理而导致的I / O响应延迟，同时仍然确保异步处理的吞吐量。 在由控制器拥有的多个微处理器中，将同步处理器和异步处理器混合在一起。 同步处理器是负责执行同步处理并且不执行异步处理的微处理器。 并且异步处理器是其负责执行异步处理并且不执行同步处理的微处理器。

公开(公告)号：US08694689B2

公开(公告)日：2014-04-08

申请号：US12309410

申请日：2009-01-09

申请人： Tomohiro Yoshihara ,  Sadahiro Sugimoto ,  Norio Shimozono ,  Noboru Morishita ,  Masayuki Yamamoto

发明人： Tomohiro Yoshihara ,  Sadahiro Sugimoto ,  Norio Shimozono ,  Noboru Morishita ,  Masayuki Yamamoto

IPC分类号： G06F3/00 ,  G06F15/76

CPC分类号： G06F3/0653 ,  G06F3/061 ,  G06F3/0635 ,  G06F3/0673 ,  G06F3/0683

摘要： In a storage system which includes a plurality of microprocessors, it is desired to prevent delay in I/O responses due to synchronous processing waiting for asynchronous processing, while still ensuring the throughput of asynchronous processing. In a plurality of microprocessors possessed by a controller, synchronous processors and asynchronous processors are mixed together. The synchronous processors are microprocessors whose duty is to perform synchronous processing and not to perform asynchronous processing. And the asynchronous processors are microprocessors whose duty is to perform asynchronous processing and not to perform synchronous processing.

摘要翻译： 在包括多个微处理器的存储系统中，期望防止由于等待异步处理的同步处理而导致的I / O响应延迟，同时仍然确保异步处理的吞吐量。 在由控制器拥有的多个微处理器中，将同步处理器和异步处理器混合在一起。 同步处理器是负责执行同步处理并且不执行异步处理的微处理器。 并且异步处理器是其负责执行异步处理并且不执行同步处理的微处理器。

公开(公告)号：US08645658B2

公开(公告)日：2014-02-04

申请号：US12130071

申请日：2008-05-30

申请人： Akira Deguchi ,  Noboru Morishita ,  Ai Satoyama ,  Hisaharu Takeuchi

发明人： Akira Deguchi ,  Noboru Morishita ,  Ai Satoyama ,  Hisaharu Takeuchi

IPC分类号： G06F12/00

CPC分类号： G06F3/0665 ,  G06F3/061 ,  G06F3/0635 ,  G06F3/067

摘要： A plurality of modules (1) and (2) comprise a plurality of virtual volumes with which the same volume identification number is associated. A module (2), which receives a write request from a computer, searches for an unallocated real area from among a plurality of real areas in the module (2) rather than from among a plurality of real areas in the other module (1) if a real area has not been allocated to a write-targeted virtual area in accordance with the write request. The module (2) allocates the real area retrieved from the module (2) to the write-targeted virtual area, and writes data according to the write request to this real area.

摘要翻译： 多个模块（1）和（2）包括与其相关联的相同卷标识号的多个虚拟卷。 从计算机接收写入请求的模块（2）从模块（2）中的多个实际区域中而不是在另一个模块（1）中的多个实际区域中搜索未分配的实际区域， 如果根据写入请求没有将实际区域分配给写入目标虚拟区域。 模块（2）将从模块（2）检索的实际区域分配给写入目标虚拟区域，并将写入请求的数据写入该实际区域。

公开(公告)号：US20120311261A1

公开(公告)日：2012-12-06

申请号：US13133618

申请日：2011-05-31

申请人： Yoichi Mizuno ,  Noboru Morishita ,  Tadato Nishina

发明人： Yoichi Mizuno ,  Noboru Morishita ,  Tadato Nishina

IPC分类号： G06F12/16 ,  G06F12/08

CPC分类号： G06F3/0619 ,  G06F3/0611 ,  G06F3/065 ,  G06F3/0665 ,  G06F3/067 ,  G06F3/0689 ,  G06F11/1458 ,  G06F11/1466 ,  G06F12/0873 ,  G06F2003/0692 ,  G06F2201/84 ,  G06F2212/286

摘要： A storage system is provided with a memory region, a cache memory region, and a processor. The memory region stores the time relation information that indicates a time relationship of a data element that has been stored into the cache memory region and that is to be written to the logical region and a snapshot acquisition point of time to the primary volume. The processor judges whether or not the data element that has been stored into the cache memory region is a snapshot configuration element based on the time relation information for the data element that is to be written to a logical region of a write destination that conforms to the write request that specifies the primary volume and that has been stored into the cache memory region. In the case in which the result of the judgment is positive, the processor saves the data element to the secondary volume for holding a snapshot image in which the snapshot configuration element is a configuration element, and a data element of a write target is then stored into the cache memory region.

摘要翻译： 存储系统具有存储区域，高速缓冲存储器区域和处理器。 存储区域存储指示已经存储到高速缓冲存储器区域中并且要写入到逻辑区域的数据元素与到主卷的快照获取时间点的时间关系的时间关系信息。 处理器基于要写入到写入目的地的逻辑区域的数据元素的时间关系信息来判断已经存储到高速缓冲存储器区域中的数据元素是否是快照配置元素 写请求，指定主卷并已存储到高速缓冲存储器区域中。 在判断结果为肯定的情况下，处理器将数据元素保存到副卷以保存其中快照配置元素是配置元素的快照图像，然后存储写目标的数据元素 进入缓存内存区域。

公开(公告)号：US07984260B2

公开(公告)日：2011-07-19

申请号：US12060977

申请日：2008-04-02

申请人： Noboru Morishita ,  Akira Deguchi ,  Ai Satoyama ,  Hisaharu Takeuchi

发明人： Noboru Morishita ,  Akira Deguchi ,  Ai Satoyama ,  Hisaharu Takeuchi

IPC分类号： G06F12/06

CPC分类号： G06F3/0665 ,  G06F3/0605 ,  G06F3/067 ,  G06F11/0727 ,  G06F11/0793 ,  G06F11/2007 ,  G06F11/201

摘要： A plurality of global LDEV managed by a plurality of controller modules are provided above local LDEV under the control of each controller module. Each global LDEV is correlated to any of the plurality of local LDEV. The controller modules judge whether or not a local LDEV correlated to a global LDEV specified by an I/O request received from a host device or a first other controller module is a management target itself, and if the result of that judgment is affirmative, the controller modules access the local LDEV correlated to the specified global LDEV, while if the result of the judgment is negative, the controller modules transfer the received I/O request to a second other controller module.

摘要翻译： 由多个控制器模块管理的多个全局LDEV被设置在每个控制器模块的控制下的局部LDEV之上。 每个全局LDEV与多个本地LDEV中的任一个相关联。 控制器模块判断与从主机设备或第一其他控制器模块接收到的I / O请求指定的全局LDEV相关的本地LDEV是否是管理目标本身，如果判断结果是肯定的，则 控制器模块访问与指定的全局LDEV相关的本地LDEV，而如果判断结果为否定，则控制器模块将接收的I / O请求传输到另一个其他控制器模块。

公开(公告)号：US07689792B2

公开(公告)日：2010-03-30

申请号：US11907748

申请日：2007-10-17

申请人： Ai Satoyama ,  Noboru Morishita ,  Yasutomo Yamamoto

发明人： Ai Satoyama ,  Noboru Morishita ,  Yasutomo Yamamoto

IPC分类号： G06F12/00

CPC分类号： G06F11/2082 ,  G06F11/2069

摘要： For a storage system having plural control units to which plural disk devices are connected, in the method for creating replication in a volume of the disk devices connected to different control units, when receiving update I/O of a replication source during an initial copy for replication, the reflection of update to the replication destination is performed on an extension of the same I/O. When a pair is divided after the completion of copying, the update position is retained on the differential bitmap disposed in the individual control units, and the differential bitmap is merged to one of the control units at a time of resynchronization to perform copy processing.

摘要翻译： 对于具有连接多个磁盘装置的多个控制单元的存储系统，在连接到不同的控制单元的磁盘装置的卷的卷中创建复制的方法中，当在初始拷贝期间接收复制源的更新I / O时， 复制时，对相同I / O的扩展执行对复制目的地的更新的反映。 当在复制完成后分配一对时，更新位置被保留在设置在各个控制单元中的差分位图上，并且差分位图在再同步时被合并到一个控制单元以执行复制处理。

公开(公告)号：US07461225B2

公开(公告)日：2008-12-02

申请号：US11727945

申请日：2007-03-29

申请人： Ai Satoyama ,  Yasutomo Yamamoto ,  Noboru Morishita ,  Yoshiaki Eguchi

发明人： Ai Satoyama ,  Yasutomo Yamamoto ,  Noboru Morishita ,  Yoshiaki Eguchi

IPC分类号： G06F12/16

CPC分类号： G06F11/2069 ,  Y10S707/99953 ,  Y10S707/99955

摘要： In a storage system having a plurality of control units each connected with a plurality of disk units, it is provided that a replication is created in the volume of the disk units connected to different control units. The replication creation unit of a given control unit creates a replication in the volume of the disk unit connected to other control units in such a manner that the original volume information, the replication volume information in the control unit and information on the other control units are registered as volume pair information. Based on this volume pair information, a replication creation request is transmitted to the other control units.

摘要翻译： 在具有多个控制单元的存储系统中，每个控制单元各自与多个盘单元相连，条件是在连接到不同控制单元的盘单元的卷中创建复制。 给定控制单元的复制创建单元以连接到其它控制单元的盘单元的卷的形式创建复制，使得原始卷信息，控制单元中的复制卷信息和关于其他控制单元的信息是 注册为卷对信息。 基于该卷对信息，将复制创建请求发送到其他控制单元。

公开(公告)号：US07206905B2

公开(公告)日：2007-04-17

申请号：US10862628

申请日：2004-06-08

申请人： Noboru Morishita ,  Hiroshi Arakawa ,  Seiji Kaneko ,  Hisao Honma

发明人： Noboru Morishita ,  Hiroshi Arakawa ,  Seiji Kaneko ,  Hisao Honma

IPC分类号： G06F12/02

CPC分类号： G06F12/0871 ,  G06F3/0604 ,  G06F3/0605 ,  G06F3/0632 ,  G06F3/0647 ,  G06F3/067 ,  G06F3/0689 ,  G06F12/0866 ,  G06F2212/262

摘要： When storage controllers are added to a storage system to change the storage system from a configuration having only one storage controller to a configuration having plural storage controllers, or when storage controllers are removed from the storage system to change the storage system from a configuration having plural storage controllers to a configuration having only one storage controller, a controller-internal management-information memory controller carries out a copy process to copy management information from each of the storage controllers to a management-information-memory switch or vice versa at the same time as processing of read and write requests for access to the management information, made by a channel interface or a disc interface, in order to change storage locations of the management information while processing the read and write requests made by the host.

摘要翻译： 当将存储控制器添加到存储系统以将存储系统从仅具有一个存储控制器的配置改变为具有多个存储控制器的配置时，或者当从存储系统移除存储控制器以从具有多个存储控制器的配置改变存储系统 存储控制器到仅具有一个存储控制器的配置，控制器内部管理信息存储器控制器执行复制处理，以将管理信息从每个存储控制器复制到管理信息存储器开关，反之亦然 作为由通道接口或光盘接口进行的用于访问管理信息的读取和写入请求的处理，以便在处理主机所做的读取和写入请求时改变管理信息的存储位置。