Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Load sharing method and system for computer system
- Patent Title (中): 计算机系统的负载分担方法和系统
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Application No.: US12314297Application Date: 2008-12-08
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Publication No.: US08099547B2Publication Date: 2012-01-17
- Inventor: Takashi Amano , Kenta Shiga
- Applicant: Takashi Amano , Kenta Shiga
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Stites & Harbison PLLC
- Agent Juan Carlos A. Marquez, Esq.
- Priority: JP2008-247543 20080926
- Main IPC: G06F12/02
- IPC: G06F12/02

Abstract:
The invention is directed to a load sharing method in a computer system including a first storage subsystem, a host computer, and a management computer. In the computer system, the first storage subsystem creates a plurality of first logical units from a storage area of a disk drive group, and the host computer creates a logical storage area configured by a plurality of virtual logical units respectively corresponding to the first logical units. A communications path is set between the host computer and each of the first logical units configuring the logical storage area. The load sharing method includes the steps of: monitoring, by the first storage subsystem, a load of its own; and changing, by the first storage subsystem, the communications paths between the host computer and the first logical units based on the monitoring result of the load. With such a configuration, provided is a computer system high in extensibility not deteriorating the performance at the limit of the system after load sharing among the storage subsystems.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100082897A1 Load sharing method and system for computer system Public/Granted day:2010-04-01
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