Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Multi-client storage system and storage system management method
- Patent Title (中): 多客户端存储系统和存储系统管理方法
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Application No.: US13264180Application Date: 2011-10-04
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Publication No.: US08751657B2Publication Date: 2014-06-10
- Inventor: Norifumi Nishikawa , Hirokazu Ikeda , Masaaki Iwasaki
- Applicant: Norifumi Nishikawa , Hirokazu Ikeda , Masaaki Iwasaki
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.
- International Application: PCT/JP2011/005591 WO 20111004
- International Announcement: WO2013/051056 WO 20130411
- Main IPC: G06F15/173
- IPC: G06F15/173

Abstract:
An aspect of the invention is a multi-client storage system comprising a management computer including a processor and a memory, for allocating resources of a plurality of storage apparatus to a plurality of clients, the management computer comprising: a receiving unit for receiving conditions for a client to which a new resource is to be allocated; a determining unit for determining whether the new resource is securable under the received conditions without changing resources allocated to existing clients and conditions for the volumes for each of the existing clients; and an allocation unit for securing, when it is determined that the new resource is securable under the received conditions, the new resource under the received conditions for the client in the plurality of storage apparatus and allocating the new resource to the client.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130086270A1 MULTI-CLIENT STORAGE SYSTEM AND STORAGE SYSTEM MANAGEMENT METHOD Public/Granted day:2013-04-04
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