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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2024
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
HITACHI, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A storage system with reduced power consumption includes a storage apparatus that saves data in accordance with a data input/output request from a host or outputs the saved data, the storage system including a plurality of components each configured to operate in a first power mode or at least one second lower power mode in a switchable manner, a condition monitoring module monitoring each of the plurality of components, and a power mode control module that determines a power mode of at least one component to be the second power mode, according to a processing load related to each of the plurality of components and which corresponds to a result of monitoring by the condition monitoring module, and operates the at least one particular component in the power saving mode, in which the plurality of components perform mutual control with the storage apparatus in accordance with the data input/output request.