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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2015
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Hitachi Vantara Llc, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Sathisha Poojary, Reading, GB;
Christopher James Aston, Hughenden Valley, GB;
Graham Ellement, Frimley, GB;
Simon Carl Johnson, Ascot, GB;
Hiroyuki Mitome, Tokyo, JP;
Naoki Inoue, Tokyo, JP;
Norimitsu Hayakawa, Tokyo, JP;
Yukari Hatta, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuo Hirata, Tokyo, JP;
Ryosuke Matsubara, Tokyo, JP;
HITACHI, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
HITACHI VANTARA LLC, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A storage control system to provide file-level storage and block-level storage services. The storage control system has a computer system including a second I/O unit configured to receive block-level storage related requests, a processor unit, a first memory unit, and a storage unit; and a programmable logic device including a first I/O unit configured to receive file-level storage related requests, an interface unit configured to communicate with the computer system, one or more programmable hardware-implemented processing units and for processing of file-level storage related requests, and a second memory unit. The software components executed on the processor unit include a block-level storage management component and a virtualization management component; and a virtual machine managed by the virtualization management component executes a file-level management component to communicate with the programmable hardware-implemented processing units of the programmable logic device and to manage file-level storage services related to file-level storage related requests.