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Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2023

Filed:

Sep. 10, 2021
Applicant:

Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Kazuei Hironaka, Tokyo, JP;

Akira Deguchi, Tokyo, JP;

Tsukasa Shibayama, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

HITACHI, LTD., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/2094 (2013.01); G06F 2201/85 (2013.01);
Abstract

An object of the present invention is to realize a proper storage operation in accordance with the state of a storage devices which constructed remote copy pair via a network. A first storage device for providing a first volume and a second storage device for providing a second volume as a remote copy destination of the first volume, includes: a storing unit for policy sets that is a regulation group relating to the service quality of the second volume; and a policy selection unit for selecting a policy set to be used from the plurality of policy sets in accordance with the states of the first volume and the second storage device. According to such a configuration and operation, it is possible to properly operate the storage device by selecting a policy set before and after the failover or according to the presence or absence of degeneration.


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