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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2014
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshiharu Makida, Numazu, JP;
Kiyoshi Sugioka, Mishima, JP;
Sawao Iwatani, Kawasaki, JP;
Jouichi Bita, Kahoku, JP;
FUJITSU LIMITED, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
An operation management server that manages a storage apparatus in which volumes are included and data is sent and received via transmission resources is provided. The operation management server includes a setting unit that sets a target value of the performance to some or all of the volumes; a monitoring unit that monitors the load factor of the transmission resources; and a bandwidth management unit that specifies a target transmission resource on the basis of the load factor of the transmission resources, that decides, on the basis of the target value, bandwidth allocation of some of the volumes that use the specified transmission resource, and that instructs a bandwidth control unit in the storage apparatus to adjust the bandwidth on the basis of the decided bandwidth allocation.