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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2023
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Shintaro Ito, Tokyo, JP;
Sachie Tajima, Tokyo, JP;
Takahiro Yamamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshinori Ohira, Tokyo, JP;
HITACHI VANTARA, LTD., Yokohama, JP;
Abstract
A storage system having both a high performance and high reliability is implemented. The storage system includes a plurality of storage nodes each including a processor and a memory, and a storage device. Each of the plurality of storage nodes includes a storage controller configured to run on the processor, the plurality of storage controllers include an active storage controller configured to process data output to and received from the storage device, and a standby storage controller configured to take over the processing of the data from the active storage controller, each of the active storage controller and the standby storage controller is allocated with a storage area of the memory, and the storage node changes an amount of a memory capacity allocated for the storage controller of the self-node when a state of the storage controller is switched between a standby state and an active state.