公开(公告)号：WO2007009910A3

公开(公告)日：2007-04-26

申请号：PCT/EP2006064085

申请日：2006-07-11

Applicant: IBM ,  CARR DAVID JOHN ,  WHYTE BARRY DOUGLAS

Inventor： CARR DAVID JOHN ,  WHYTE BARRY DOUGLAS

IPC: G06F3/06 ,  G06F12/08 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04L29/08

CPC classification number: H04L67/1097 ,  G06F3/0605 ,  G06F3/0607 ,  G06F3/0611 ,  G06F3/0647 ,  G06F3/0649 ,  G06F3/067 ,  G06F3/0685

Abstract: A storage management method for use in a storage area network is provided. The storage area network comprises a plurality of host data processors coupled to a storage virtualisation engine, which is coupled to a plurality of physical storage media. Each physical storage media is assigned a tier level. The method comprises providing a storage management policy identifying threshold storage access rates associated with each tier level, mapping blocks of physical storage to corresponding blocks of a virtual disk, and storing metadata associated with a block identifying the tier level of the physical storage to which the block corresponds, mappings between the block and blocks of a virtual disk, and an access rate indicating the rate of access to the data. The access value is periodically compared to at least one threshold rate associated with its tier level. Depending on the result of the comparison, a storage block may then be marked for migration to a physical storage medium of another tier level.

Abstract translation: 提供了用于存储区域网络的存储管理方法。 存储区域网络包括耦合到存储虚拟化引擎的多个主机数据处理器，存储虚拟化引擎耦合到多个物理存储介质。 每个物理存储介质都分配了一个层级。 该方法包括提供标识与每个层级相关联的阈值存储访问速率的存储管理策略，将物理存储块映射到虚拟磁盘的对应块，以及存储与标识物理存储器的层级相关联的元数据， 块对应于虚拟磁盘的块和块之间的映射以及指示访问数据的速率的访问速率。 周期性地将访问值与至少一个与其层级关联的阈值比较。 根据比较的结果，存储块然后可被标记为迁移到另一层级的物理存储介质。

公开(公告)号：WO2004095157A2

公开(公告)日：2004-11-04

申请号：PCT/GB2004001361

申请日：2004-03-29

Applicant: IBM ,  CARR DAVID JOHN ,  JONES MICHAEL JOHN ,  NICHOLSON ROBERT BRUCE ,  SCALES WILLIAM JAMES ,  WHYTE BARRY DOUGLAS

Inventor： CARR DAVID JOHN ,  JONES MICHAEL JOHN ,  NICHOLSON ROBERT BRUCE ,  SCALES WILLIAM JAMES ,  WHYTE BARRY DOUGLAS

IPC: G06F20060101 ,  G06F3/06 ,  G06F9/46 ,  G06F9/50 ,  G06F

CPC classification number: G06F9/526 ,  G06F3/0601 ,  G06F9/52 ,  G06F2003/0697

Abstract: A storage control apparatus, in communication with a cluster of storage devices in a storage network having plural administrator systems, comprises a cluster lock requester component, a cluster lock receiver component and a configuration component, wherein, responsive to receipt of a cluster lock by said cluster lock receiver component, the configuration component is operable to configure a logical resource object within said cluster. The apparatus may also include a cluster lock granter component operable to grant a cluster lock to the cluster lock receiver component responsive to said cluster lock requester component. A method of operating a storage control apparatus includes method steps corresponding to functional components of an apparatus and may be embodied in computer program codes.

公开(公告)号：CA2521947C

公开(公告)日：2013-09-10

申请号：CA2521947

申请日：2004-03-29

Applicant: IBM

Inventor： CARR DAVID JOHN ,  JONES MICHAEL JOHN ,  NICHOLSON ROBERT BRUCE ,  SCALES WILLIAM JAMES ,  WHYTE BARRY DOUGLAS

IPC: G06F9/50 ,  G06F20060101 ,  G06F3/06 ,  G06F9/46

Abstract: A storage control apparatus, in communication with a cluster of storage devices in a storage network having plural administrator systems, comprises a cluster lock requester component, a cluster lock receiver component and a configuration component, wherein, responsive to receipt of a cluster lock by said cluster lock receiver component, the configuration component is operable to configure a logical resource object within said cluster. The apparatus may also include a cluster lock granter component operable to grant a cluster lock to the cluster lock receiver component responsive to said cluster lock requester component. A method of operating a storage control apparatus includes method steps corresponding to functional components of an apparatus and may be embodied in computer program codes.

公开(公告)号：CA2521947A1

公开(公告)日：2004-11-04

申请号：CA2521947

申请日：2004-03-29

Applicant: IBM

Inventor： CARR DAVID JOHN ,  NICHOLSON ROBERT BRUCE ,  JONES MICHAEL JOHN ,  WHYTE BARRY DOUGLAS ,  SCALES WILLIAM JAMES

IPC: G06F20060101 ,  G06F3/06 ,  G06F9/46 ,  G06F9/50

Abstract: A storage control apparatus, in communication with a cluster of storage devices in a storage network having plural administrator systems, comprises a cluster lock requester component, a cluster lock receiver component and a configuration component, wherein, responsive to receipt of a cluster lock by said cluster lock receiver component, the configuration component is operabl e to configure a logical resource object within said cluster. The apparatus ma y also include a cluster lock granter component operable to grant a cluster lo ck to the cluster lock receiver component responsive to said cluster lock requester component. A method of operating a storage control apparatus includes method steps corresponding to functional components of an apparatus and may be embodied in computer program codes.