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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2004
Koji Nakamichi, Kawasaki, JP;
Akira Nagata, Kawasaki, JP;
Koji Nakamichi, Kawasaki, JP;
Akira Nagata, Kawasaki, JP;
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
In a storage management system and method which virtualizes a plurality of storage devices distributed over a network to be managed, a storage state manager, in a storage management server, manages a storage usage state in each storage device, a network state manager manages a traffic state of each network device, and a path searching/setup portion determines a storage data path to be set up in the network device based on the storage usage state and the traffic state. In a host, a virtualization mapper associates a storage space replied from the storage management server with a virtual storage, and a path information setup portion transmits/receives storage data with the storage data path.