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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2024
Applicant:
Hitachi Vantara, Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Hitachi Vantara, Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/409 (2013.01); G06F 13/4022 (2013.01);
Abstract
A storage system includes a plurality of drive slots into which a drive storing data is insertable and one or more controllers including a processor. At least a part of the plurality of drive slots is a common slot into which a first device of a different type from the drive is insertable. A port of the controller at a connection destination of the drive from the common slot and a port of the controller at a connection destination of the first device from the common slot are different.