Storage system and storage control method

    公开(公告)号:US10310758B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-06-04

    申请号:US15122770

    申请日:2014-03-26

    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.

    Abstract: A second virtual volume having a plurality of second virtual areas is a clone of a first virtual volume having a plurality of first virtual areas. A first real area is allocated from a pool of real areas and based on storage devices to the first virtual volume. A storage controller allocates a second real area to the second virtual area before a write occurs in the second virtual area corresponding to the first virtual area to which the first real area is allocated. A physical area is allocated to a logical area corresponding to the first real area in each storage device, and data based on user data stored in the first real area is stored in the physical area. Each storage device allocates the physical area allocated to the logical area corresponding to the first real area to a logical area corresponding to the second real area.

    Efficient management storage system via defining of several size units in advance

    公开(公告)号:US10222988B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-03-05

    申请号:US15128089

    申请日:2014-04-22

    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.

    Abstract: A storage system is adapted for efficiency by defining beforehand a first size, which is the maximum data that can be read at one time, a second size, which is equal to or less than the first size, and a third size, which is a factor of the first size. A controller provides a virtual volume comprising a plurality of virtual pages. Upon receiving a write request, the controller allocates a pool area comprising a plurality of stripes of the first size, stores the write request data in a cache, and when writing the data stored in the cache to the storage device, compresses the data in accordance with the third size unit, selects a storage area in accordance with the second size unit, and writes the compressed data to the selected second size storage area sequentially from the start address of a free area without leaving spaces therebetween.

    Storage system for eliminating duplicated data
    16.
    发明授权
    Storage system for eliminating duplicated data 有权
    用于消除重复数据的存储系统

    公开(公告)号:US09317519B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-04-19

    申请号:US14310487

    申请日:2014-06-20

    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.

    Abstract: A storage system 103 carries out first and second de-duplication processes in response to receiving a write request from a client. First, a determination is made as to whether a write target data item overlaps with any of the stored data items of a part of a stored data item group, which is a user data item group stored in a storage device 209, and if so, the write target data item is prevented from being stored in the storage device. Second, a determination is made as to whether a target stored data item, which is not finished being evaluated as to whether it overlaps with the stored data item in the first de-duplication process, overlaps with another stored data item, and if so, the target stored data item or the same data item overlapping with the target stored data item is deleted from the storage device 209.

    Abstract translation: 存储系统103响应于从客户端接收到写入请求,执行第一和第二重复数据删除处理。 首先,确定写目标数据项是否与存储在存储装置209中的用户数据项组的存储数据项组的一部分的存储数据项重叠,如果是, 防止写目标数据项被存储在存储装置中。 其次,确定目标存储的数据项是否与第一重复数据删除处理中存储的数据项目重叠的未被评估的目标存储数据项目是否与另一个存储的数据项目重叠,如果是, 与目标存储数据项重叠的目标存储数据项或相同数据项从存储装置209中删除。

    Storage system which realizes asynchronous remote copy using cache memory composed of flash memory, and control method thereof
    17.
    发明授权
    Storage system which realizes asynchronous remote copy using cache memory composed of flash memory, and control method thereof 有权
    使用由闪存组成的高速缓冲存储器实现异步远程复制的存储系统及其控制方法

    公开(公告)号:US09317423B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-04-19

    申请号:US13816834

    申请日:2013-01-07

    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.

    Abstract: The first storage apparatus provides a primary logical volume, and the second storage apparatus has a secondary logical volume. When the first storage apparatus receives a write command to the primary logical volume, a package processor in a flash package allocates first physical area in the flash memory chip to first cache logical area for write data and stores the write data to the allocated first physical area. And when the package processor receives journal data creation command form the processor, allocates the first physical area to second journal area for journal data without storing journal data corresponding to the write data.

    Abstract translation: 第一存储装置提供主逻辑卷,而第二存储装置具有次逻辑卷。 当第一存储装置接收到主逻辑卷的写入命令时,闪存包中的封装处理器将快闪存储器芯片中的第一物理区域分配给第一高速缓存用于写入数据的逻辑区域,并将写入数据存储到所分配的第一物理区域 。 并且当包处理器从处理器接收日志数据创建命令时,将日志数据的第一个物理区域分配给第二日志区域,而不存储与写入数据相对应的日志数据。

    COMPOUND STORAGE SYSTEM AND STORAGE CONTROL METHOD
    20.
    发明申请
    COMPOUND STORAGE SYSTEM AND STORAGE CONTROL METHOD 审中-公开
    复合存储系统和存储控制方法

    公开(公告)号:US20150186063A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-07-02

    申请号:US14645024

    申请日:2015-03-11

    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.

    Abstract: A shared device unit, which comprises a storage device, is coupled to a plurality of storage systems. The shared device unit provides a plurality of storage areas, which are based on the storage device, to the plurality of storage systems. Each storage system stores allocation management information which comprises an ID of a storage area provided to thereof among the plurality of storage areas, and provides the storage area corresponded to the ID included in the allocation management information to the host computer coupled thereto among the plurality of host computers.

    Abstract translation: 包括存储设备的共享设备单元耦合到多个存储系统。 共享设备单元向多个存储系统提供基于存储设备的多个存储区域。 每个存储系统存储分配管理信息,其包括在多个存储区域中提供给其的存储区域的ID,并且将与分配管理信息中包括的ID相对应的存储区域提供给多个存储区域中耦合到其的主计算机 主机

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