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JP2003015931A Expired / Lapsed JP ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Information processing system and storage area providing method

Assignee: Hitachi Ltd
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Filing: 2001-07-02
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2021-07-02
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Abstract

Abstract Translated from Japanese (57)【要約】 【課題】ストレージサービスプロバイダなどのビジネス 形態で利用する、複数の異なる属性を有する記憶装置で 構成されるストレージエリアネットワークにおいて、記 憶装置の属性(性能やコスト)や稼働率およびデータの 利用頻度を考慮したデータの保持方式を提供することを 目的とする。 【解決手段】記憶装置に格納されたデータの位置を管理 する位置管理手段と、記憶装置間でデータを複製する情 報複製手段と、各記憶装置の属性を表す情報を保持する 属性保持手段を設ける。位置管理手段は、記憶装置の稼 働率や、データの利用状況、制御情報、課金情報をもと に、情報複製手段を用いて、記憶装置間のデータの複製 および移動を行う構成とする。 (57) [Summary] [PROBLEMS] In a storage area network configured by storage devices having a plurality of different attributes and used in a business form such as a storage service provider, the attributes (performance and cost) of storage devices, the operation rate, and the like. It is an object of the present invention to provide a data holding method in consideration of a data use frequency. There are provided a position management unit for managing the position of data stored in a storage device, an information duplication unit for duplicating data between the storage devices, and an attribute holding unit for holding information representing an attribute of each storage device. . The position management unit is configured to copy and move data between the storage devices using the information duplication unit based on the operation rate of the storage device, the data use status, control information, and billing information.

Inventors

  • 👤 Taisuke Kaneda
  • 👤 泰典 兼田
  • 👤 Takashi Arakawa
  • 👤 敬史 荒川
  • 👤 Kentetsu Eguchi
  • 👤 賢哲 江口
  • 👤 Kazuhiko Mogi
  • 👤 和彦 茂木
  • 👤 Hiroharu Arai
  • 👤 弘治 荒井

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Jurisdiction JP
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-04 17:34
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F3/00; G06F3/06; G06F3/0601; G06F3/0602; G06F3/0604; G06F3/0605; G06F16/00; G06F16/10; G06F3/0628; G06F3/0646; G06F3/0647; G06F3/0668; G06F3/0671; G06F3/0683; G06F3/0685; H; H04; H04L; H04L67/00; H04L67/01; H04L67/10; H04L67/1095; H04L67/1097; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S707/00; Y10S707/99951; Y10S707/99952; Y10S707/99953; Y10S707/99955

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