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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2002
Nobuyuki Saika, Yokohama, JP;
Homare Kanie, Yokohama, JP;
Akira Kawashima, Yokohama, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method of controlling a storage control apparatus connected to a host computer via communication unit, receiving a data I/O request transmitted from the host computer, and performing a data I/O process corresponding to the request, includes the following steps of: transmitting a message notifying a start of a process from the storage control apparatus to the host computer when the storage control apparatus executes a process which requires control of a data I/O request transmitted from the host computer, and executing the process by the storage control apparatus after receiving a reply message in response to the aforementioned message.