Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Storage system and method for automatic restoration upon loop anomaly
- Patent Title (中): 环路异常自动恢复的存储系统和方法
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Application No.: US11525927Application Date: 2006-09-25
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Publication No.: US08429462B2Publication Date: 2013-04-23
- Inventor: Kazuo Nakashima , Daiya Nakamura , Kouichi Tukada , Atsushi Ishii
- Applicant: Kazuo Nakashima , Daiya Nakamura , Kouichi Tukada , Atsushi Ishii
- Applicant Address: JP Kawasaki
- Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
- Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kawasaki
- Agency: Fujitsu Patent Center
- Priority: JP2006-144768 20060525
- Main IPC: G06F11/00
- IPC: G06F11/00

Abstract:
A storage system has a controller and a plurality of storage devices connected to a pair of loops, the controller diagnoses storage devices and performs automatic high-speed restoration of the loops. A storage system has a controller, a plurality of storage devices, and switch circuits having a plurality of switches to connect each of the plurality of storage devices to loops. When a loop anomaly is detected, a restoration instruction is issued to a switch circuit, the plurality of switches are operated in parallel, storage devices are diagnosed, and according to the diagnosis results, a storage device judged to be anomalous are bypassed from the loop by operating the switches. When a loop anomaly is detected, diagnosis of the disk drives connected to the loop can be performed in parallel, so that the time until automatic restoration of the loop can be greatly reduced.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080010547A1 Storage system and method for automatic restoration upon loop anomaly Public/Granted day:2008-01-10
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