公开(公告)号：US20090276594A1

公开(公告)日：2009-11-05

申请号：US12213956

申请日：2008-06-26

申请人： Tetsuhiko Fujii ,  Masataka Innan ,  Hideo Tabuchi

发明人： Tetsuhiko Fujii ,  Masataka Innan ,  Hideo Tabuchi

IPC分类号： G06F12/16

CPC分类号： G06F3/0664 ,  G06F3/0605 ,  G06F3/0632 ,  G06F3/067 ,  G06F11/2069

摘要： Provided is a storage system capable of simply and promptly changing the operation of a storage subsystem as a stand-alone system and the operation of a storage subsystem as a virtual storage system. This storage system is able to set a first mode that operates as a stand-alone system and a second mode that operates as a virtual storage system from a management apparatus to each of the multiple storage subsystems.

摘要翻译： 提供一种存储系统，其能够简单且及时地改变作为独立系统的存储子系统的操作和作为虚拟存储系统的存储子系统的操作。 该存储系统能够设置作为独立系统操作的第一模式和作为虚拟存储系统从管理装置到多个存储子系统中的每一个的第二模式。

公开(公告)号：US20110185135A1

公开(公告)日：2011-07-28

申请号：US12310816

申请日：2009-02-25

申请人： Tetsuhiko Fujii ,  Masataka Innan ,  Tatsuya Yunoki ,  Hideo Tabuchi

发明人： Tetsuhiko Fujii ,  Masataka Innan ,  Tatsuya Yunoki ,  Hideo Tabuchi

IPC分类号： G06F12/02 ,  G06F12/16

CPC分类号： G06F3/0665 ,  G06F3/0605 ,  G06F3/0608 ,  G06F3/0614 ,  G06F3/0631 ,  G06F3/0644 ,  G06F3/0689

摘要： In a storage apparatus and its control method including multiple first virtual volumes to be provided to a host system and multiple pools each having a memory capacity, and equipped with a function of dynamically allocating a storage area to the first virtual volumes from the pools associated with the first virtual volumes in accordance with the usage status of the first virtual volumes, the unused capacity in each of the pools is managed, and, when the unused capacity of one of the pools falls below a predetermined threshold value, a part of the unused capacity of the other pools is allocated to the one pool. It is thereby possible to realize a highly reliable storage apparatus and its control method.

摘要翻译： 在包括要提供给主机系统的多个第一虚拟卷和每个具有存储器容量的多个池的存储装置及其控制方法中，并且具有从与相关联的池相关联的池动态地将存储区域分配给第一虚拟卷的功能 根据第一虚拟卷的使用状态的第一虚拟卷，管理每个池中的未使用容量，并且当其中一个池的未使用容量下降到预定阈值以下时，部分未使用 其他池的容量分配给一个池。 从而可以实现高可靠性的存储装置及其控制方法。

公开(公告)号：US08271759B2

公开(公告)日：2012-09-18

申请号：US12213956

申请日：2008-06-26

申请人： Tetsuhiko Fujii ,  Masataka Innan ,  Hideo Tabuchi

发明人： Tetsuhiko Fujii ,  Masataka Innan ,  Hideo Tabuchi

IPC分类号： G06F12/16

CPC分类号： G06F3/0664 ,  G06F3/0605 ,  G06F3/0632 ,  G06F3/067 ,  G06F11/2069

摘要： Provided is a storage system comprising a plurality of storage subsystem in which each storage subsystem includes a storage resource and controls access from a host system to the storage resource of the storage subsystem. The storage system is capable of simply and promptly changing the operation of a storage subsystem between operating as a stand-alone system and virtualize the plurality of storage subsystems logically into one virtual storage subsystem and execute a first mode of causing a host system to recognize the virtual storage subsystem. The storage is further able to execute a second mode of causing the host system to recognize the plurality of storage subsystems respectively as separate storage subsystems.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种存储系统，其包括多个存储子系统，其中每个存储子系统包括存储资源，并且控制从主机系统到存储子系统的存储资源的访问。 存储系统能够简单且迅速地改变作为独立系统操作的存储子系统的操作，并将多个存储子系统逻辑地虚拟化到一个虚拟存储子系统中，并执行使主机系统识别 虚拟存储子系统。 存储器还能够执行使主机系统分别将多个存储子系统识别为分离的存储子系统的第二模式。

公开(公告)号：US08250327B2

公开(公告)日：2012-08-21

申请号：US12310816

申请日：2009-02-25

申请人： Tetsuhiko Fujii ,  Masataka Innan ,  Tatsuya Yunoki ,  Hideo Tabuchi

发明人： Tetsuhiko Fujii ,  Masataka Innan ,  Tatsuya Yunoki ,  Hideo Tabuchi

IPC分类号： G06F12/00

CPC分类号： G06F3/0665 ,  G06F3/0605 ,  G06F3/0608 ,  G06F3/0614 ,  G06F3/0631 ,  G06F3/0644 ,  G06F3/0689

摘要： In a storage apparatus and its control method including multiple first virtual volumes to be provided to a host system and multiple pools each having a memory capacity, and equipped with a function of dynamically allocating a storage area to the first virtual volumes from the pools associated with the first virtual volumes in accordance with the usage status of the first virtual volumes, the unused capacity in each of the pools is managed, and, when the unused capacity of one of the pools falls below a predetermined threshold value, a part of the unused capacity of the other pools is allocated to the one pool. It is thereby possible to realize a highly reliable storage apparatus and its control method.

摘要翻译： 在包括要提供给主机系统的多个第一虚拟卷和每个具有存储器容量的多个池的存储装置及其控制方法中，并且具有从与相关联的池相关联的池动态地将存储区域分配给第一虚拟卷的功能 根据第一虚拟卷的使用状态的第一虚拟卷，管理每个池中的未使用容量，并且当其中一个池的未使用容量下降到预定阈值以下时，部分未使用 其他池的容量分配给一个池。 从而可以实现高可靠性的存储装置及其控制方法。

公开(公告)号：US08108644B2

公开(公告)日：2012-01-31

申请号：US12037482

申请日：2008-02-26

申请人： Masataka Innan ,  Hideo Tabuchi

发明人： Masataka Innan ,  Hideo Tabuchi

IPC分类号： G06F12/00

CPC分类号： G06F12/023

摘要： The storage control apparatus of the present invention saves a table for managing a virtual volume in a pool and keeps the state of the table in the latest state. A first dynamic mapping table (DMT) that manages a first virtual volume is saved in a first pool. Upon receipt of a write command relating to an unused virtual slot from a write command issuing device, a first virtual volume control unit assigns an unused real slot in the first pool to the virtual slot and updates the first DMT. The first virtual volume control unit discriminates the validity of the received data and, in cases where “0” data are received, releases the assigned real slot, updates the first DMT once again, and discards the received data. In cases where the received data are valid data, de-staging is performed following a DMT update.

摘要翻译： 本发明的存储控制装置将用于管理虚拟卷的表保存在池中并使表的状态保持在最新状态。 管理第一个虚拟卷的第一个动态映射表（DMT）被保存在第一个池中。 在从写入命令发布装置接收到与未使用的虚拟时隙相关的写入命令时，第一虚拟卷控制单元将第一池中的未使用的真实时隙分配给虚拟时隙，并更新第一DMT。 第一虚拟卷控制单元识别接收到的数据的有效性，并且在接收到“0”数据的情况下，释放分配的实时时隙，再次更新第一DMT，并丢弃所接收的数据。 在接收到的数据是有效数据的情况下，在DMT更新之后执行去除。

公开(公告)号：US08086877B2

公开(公告)日：2011-12-27

申请号：US12232218

申请日：2008-09-12

申请人： Keitaro Ikejiri ,  Masataka Innan ,  Hideo Tabuchi

发明人： Keitaro Ikejiri ,  Masataka Innan ,  Hideo Tabuchi

IPC分类号： G06F1/26 ,  G06F13/00 ,  G06F11/00

CPC分类号： G06F3/0625 ,  G06F1/3221 ,  G06F1/3268 ,  G06F3/0644 ,  G06F3/0649 ,  G06F3/0665 ,  G06F3/0689 ,  G11B19/209 ,  Y02D10/154

摘要： A storage device is provided with: a first management section that manages a storage area provided by one or more hard disk drives on a basis of a predetermined unit created using one or more parameters; a second management section that manages, on a basis of a pool configured by at least one or more of the units, a management policy about the capacity of the pools and a threshold value of the storage capacity of the pools; a power supply control section that controls each of the hard disk drives of the unit under the management of the first management section to be in either a first turn-ON state or a second turn-ON state with a low power consumption; and a control section that selects, when the storage capacity of any of the pools exceeds the threshold value, the management policy of the pools, and any of the managed parameters considered optimum to serve as the unit of the storage area, and after making the power supply control section to change the state of the hard disk drive of the selected unit from the second turn-ON state to the first turn-ON state, adds the unit of the storage area to the capacity of the pool. With such a configuration, the storage device can achieve reduction of power consumption, simplification of management, and increase of use efficiency of storage resources.

摘要翻译： 存储装置具有：第一管理部，其基于使用一个或多个参数创建的预定单元管理由一个或多个硬盘驱动器提供的存储区域; 第二管理部分，其基于由至少一个或多个所述单元配置的池，管理关于所述池的容量的管理策略和所述池的所述存储容量的阈值; 电源控制部，其在所述第一管理部的管理下将所述单元的所述硬盘驱动器控制为处于低功耗的第一导通状态或第二导通状态; 以及控制部，其当所述池中的任何一个的存储容量超过所述阈值时，选择所述池的管理策略，以及所述管理参数被认为是最佳的，以用作所述存储区域的单位，并且在 电源控制部分将所选择的单元的硬盘驱动器的状态从第二导通状态改变到第一导通状态，将存储区域的单位添加到池的容量。 通过这样的结构，存储装置能够实现功耗的降低，管理简化，存储资源的使用效率的提高。

公开(公告)号：US08375235B2

公开(公告)日：2013-02-12

申请号：US13411663

申请日：2012-03-05

申请人： Masataka Innan ,  Shigeo Homma ,  Akinobu Shimada ,  Hideo Tabuchi

发明人： Masataka Innan ,  Shigeo Homma ,  Akinobu Shimada ,  Hideo Tabuchi

IPC分类号： G06F1/32 ,  G06F15/16 ,  G06F13/14

CPC分类号： G06F3/0643 ,  G06F1/3203 ,  G06F1/3268 ,  G06F3/0611 ,  G06F3/0625 ,  G06F3/0634 ,  G06F3/0649 ,  G06F3/067 ,  H04L67/1097 ,  Y02D10/154 ,  Y02D50/20

摘要： A storage system including: a storage apparatus including a plurality of storage devices on which a plurality of logical units is configured and a first controller that controls accesses to the plurality of logical units; and a file server coupled to said storage apparatus and including a second controller and a memory storing management information which indicates relationships between each of the plurality of logical units and each of a plurality of indicators; wherein the first controller, in response to a request to create a first folder with a first indicator, creates the folder on one or more first logical units included in the plurality of logical units, the one or more first logical units related to the first indicator.

摘要翻译： 一种存储系统，包括：存储装置，包括配置有多个逻辑单元的多个存储装置和控制对所述多个逻辑单元的访问的第一控制器; 以及文件服务器，其耦合到所述存储装置，并且包括第二控制器和存储管理信息的存储器，所述管理信息指示所述多个逻辑单元中的每一个与多个指示符中的每一个之间的关系; 其中所述第一控制器响应于用第一指示符创建第一文件夹的请求，在包括在所述多个逻辑单元中的一个或多个第一逻辑单元上创建所述文件夹，所述第一逻辑单元与所述第一指示符相关联 。

公开(公告)号：US20120179925A1

公开(公告)日：2012-07-12

申请号：US13411663

申请日：2012-03-05

申请人： Masataka Innan ,  Shigeo Homma ,  Akinobu Shimada ,  Hideo Tabuchi

发明人： Masataka Innan ,  Shigeo Homma ,  Akinobu Shimada ,  Hideo Tabuchi

IPC分类号： G06F17/30 ,  G06F1/32

CPC分类号： G06F3/0643 ,  G06F1/3203 ,  G06F1/3268 ,  G06F3/0611 ,  G06F3/0625 ,  G06F3/0634 ,  G06F3/0649 ,  G06F3/067 ,  H04L67/1097 ,  Y02D10/154 ,  Y02D50/20

摘要： A storage system including: a storage apparatus including a plurality of storage devices on which a plurality of logical units is configured and a first controller that controls accesses to the plurality of logical units; and a file server coupled to said storage apparatus and including a second controller and a memory storing management information which indicates relationships between each of the plurality of logical units and each of a plurality of indicators; wherein the first controller, in response to a request to create a first folder with a first indicator, creates the folder on one or more first logical units included in the plurality of logical units, the one or more first logical units related to the first indicator.

摘要翻译： 一种存储系统，包括：存储装置，包括配置有多个逻辑单元的多个存储装置和控制对所述多个逻辑单元的访问的第一控制器; 以及文件服务器，其耦合到所述存储装置，并且包括第二控制器和存储管理信息的存储器，所述管理信息指示所述多个逻辑单元中的每一个与多个指示符中的每一个之间的关系; 其中所述第一控制器响应于用第一指示符创建第一文件夹的请求，在包括在所述多个逻辑单元中的一个或多个第一逻辑单元上创建所述文件夹，所述第一逻辑单元与所述第一指示符相关联 。

公开(公告)号：US20100023685A1

公开(公告)日：2010-01-28

申请号：US12232218

申请日：2008-09-12

申请人： Keitaro Ikejiri ,  Masataka Innan ,  Hideo Tabuchi

发明人： Keitaro Ikejiri ,  Masataka Innan ,  Hideo Tabuchi

IPC分类号： G06F12/00 ,  G06F1/32 ,  G06F1/26

CPC分类号： G06F3/0625 ,  G06F1/3221 ,  G06F1/3268 ,  G06F3/0644 ,  G06F3/0649 ,  G06F3/0665 ,  G06F3/0689 ,  G11B19/209 ,  Y02D10/154

摘要： A storage device is provided with: a first management section that manages a storage area provided by one or more hard disk drives on a basis of a predetermined unit created using one or more parameters; a second management section that manages, on a basis of a pool configured by at least one or more of the units, a management policy about the capacity of the pools and a threshold value of the storage capacity of the pools; a power supply control section that controls each of the hard disk drives of the unit under the management of the first management section to be in either a first turn-ON state or a second turn-ON state with a low power consumption; and a control section that selects, when the storage capacity of any of the pools exceeds the threshold value, the management policy of the pools, and any of the managed parameters considered optimum to serve as the unit of the storage area, and after making the power supply control section to change the state of the hard disk drive of the selected unit from the second turn-ON state to the first turn-ON state, adds the unit of the storage area to the capacity of the pool. With such a configuration, the storage device can achieve reduction of power consumption, simplification of management, and increase of use efficiency of storage resources.

摘要翻译： 存储装置具有：第一管理部，其基于使用一个或多个参数创建的预定单元管理由一个或多个硬盘驱动器提供的存储区域; 第二管理部分，其基于由至少一个或多个所述单元配置的池，管理关于所述池的容量的管理策略和所述池的所述存储容量的阈值; 电源控制部，其在所述第一管理部的管理下将所述单元的所述硬盘驱动器控制为处于低功耗的第一导通状态或第二导通状态; 以及控制部，其当所述池中的任何一个的存储容量超过所述阈值时，选择所述池的所述管理策略，以及所述管理参数被认为是最佳的，以用作所述存储区域的单位，并且在 电源控制部分将所选择的单元的硬盘驱动器的状态从第二导通状态改变到第一导通状态，将存储区域的单位添加到池的容量。 通过这样的结构，存储装置能够实现功耗的降低，管理简化，存储资源的使用效率的提高。

公开(公告)号：US07017076B2

公开(公告)日：2006-03-21

申请号：US10768173

申请日：2004-02-02

申请人： Hiroshi Ohno ,  Hideo Tabuchi ,  Akinobu Shimada ,  Masataka Innan

发明人： Hiroshi Ohno ,  Hideo Tabuchi ,  Akinobu Shimada ,  Masataka Innan

IPC分类号： G06F11/00

CPC分类号： G06F17/30348 ,  G06F11/1469 ,  G06F11/1471 ,  G06F2201/80 ,  G06F2201/84 ,  Y10S707/99953

摘要： A DBMS performs a checkpoint process for maintaining consistency of data. A snapshot acquisition control program detects the checkpoint process externally to the DBMS and creates a snapshot in an external storage according to the timing of the checkpoint. Correspondence between checkpoints and snapshots is maintained in a CP-SH correspondence management table to make it possible to restore in a short time data at the time of an arbitrary checkpoint.