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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2003
Makoto Kitani, Kokubunji, JP;
Kazuyoshi Hoshino, Komae, JP;
Morihito Miyagi, Yokohama, JP;
Shinichi Akahane, Hachioji, JP;
Masahiko Mizutani, Kokubunji, JP;
Makoto Kitani, Kokubunji, JP;
Kazuyoshi Hoshino, Komae, JP;
Morihito Miyagi, Yokohama, JP;
Shinichi Akahane, Hachioji, JP;
Masahiko Mizutani, Kokubunji, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A secure storage system for securely accessing a storage device on a network and improving volume management scalability, consisting of a client having a VPN capability; a storage device in an SAN; a management apparatus having a means for managing a storage capacity and a logical volume allocated to the storage device; a converter for converting a protocol used in the SAN to a protocol used in a LAN/MAN/WAN and vice versa; and a conversion apparatus having the VPN capability. A VPN is provided between the client and the conversion apparatus. The conversion apparatus is provided with a mapping between the VPN and an access range of the storage device. A VPN-ID is used for identifying the VPN. An address in the logical volume is used for the access range of the storage device.