Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Storage system and method of controlling the same
- Patent Title (中): 存储系统及其控制方法
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Application No.: US13122927Application Date: 2011-03-23
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Publication No.: US08423822B2Publication Date: 2013-04-16
- Inventor: Takahito Sato
- Applicant: Takahito Sato
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Foley & Lardner LLP
- International Application: PCT/JP2011/001683 WO 20110323
- International Announcement: WO2012/127528 WO 20120927
- Main IPC: G06F11/00
- IPC: G06F11/00

Abstract:
A storage system, method and program product, the system comprising: storage devices; and a controller configured to: provide virtual volumes to a host computer; manage logical units on the storage device and storage pools; allocate, in response to receiving a write request to a virtual volume, a storage region of the storage pools; and store data related to the write request in the storage region allocated, wherein the controller is further configured to: allocate first storage region in first storage pool to first virtual volume based on first size of the first storage region or the first virtual volume; allocate a second storage region in a second storage pool to a second virtual volume of the plurality of virtual volumes based on a second size of the second storage region or the second virtual volume.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120246511A1 STORAGE SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2012-09-27
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