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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2022
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Kouji Iwamitsu, Tokyo, JP;
Takuya Ogusu, Tokyo, JP;
Keisuke Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Masayuki Gomyo, Tokyo, JP;
Shinri Inoue, Tokyo, JP;
Hitachi. Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Virtual first logical volumes are provided to a host, a virtual second logical volume correlated with any one of the first logical volumes is created in a storage node in correlation with a storage control module disposed in the storage node, a correspondence relationship between the first and second logical volumes is managed as mapping information, a storage node which is an assigning distribution of an I/O request is specified on the basis of the mapping information in a case where the I/O request in which the first logical volume is designated as an I/O destination is given from the host, the I/O request is assigned to the storage control module of its own node in a case where the specified storage node is its own node, and the I/O request is assigned to another storage node in a case where the specified storage node is another storage node.