Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Storage apparatus and control method thereof
- Patent Title (中): 储存装置及其控制方法
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Application No.: US12920249Application Date: 2010-08-11
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Publication No.: US08484426B2Publication Date: 2013-07-09
- Inventor: Kohei Tatara , Yoshiaki Eguchi , Hisaharu Takeuchi
- Applicant: Kohei Tatara , Yoshiaki Eguchi , Hisaharu Takeuchi
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Brundidge & Stanger, P.C.
- International Application: PCT/JP2010/005042 WO 20100811
- International Announcement: WO2012/020454 WO 20120216
- Main IPC: G06F12/00
- IPC: G06F12/00

Abstract:
Improvement of read/write access performance with respect to a disk is proposed. A controller manages a first volume format LDEV, in which each distributed user data area and each distributed information area among a plurality of the distributed user data areas for storing a data part and a plurality of the distributed control information area for storing a control information part, are targets that capacity is changed. The controller also manages a second format LDEV, which include a plurality of groups each of which is formed from one distributed user data area and one distributed control information area, and in which each group is a unit that capacity is expanded in a real storage area. The controller converts a data address of the data part belonging to the first volume format LDEV into a data address of a data part of the second volume format LDEV in order to execute input/output processing with respect to the data part, when received an request for access to the data part belonging to the first volume format LDEV.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120042141A1 STORAGE APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF Public/Granted day:2012-02-16
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