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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2006
Atsuhiro Otaka, Kawasaki, JP;
Daiya Nakamura, Kawasaki, JP;
Omar Thielo, Kawasaki, JP;
Nobuyuki Honjo, Kawasaki, JP;
Atsuhiro Otaka, Kawasaki, JP;
Daiya Nakamura, Kawasaki, JP;
Omar Thielo, Kawasaki, JP;
Nobuyuki Honjo, Kawasaki, JP;
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
The storage apparatus includes a plurality of storage devices for storing information, a control unit controlling the storage device, a switching unit switching a connection between the storage device and the control unit, and a network different from the connection by the switching unit and connecting the storage device and the control unit. Reading of information from the storage device and writing of information into the storage device is performed by the control unit through the switching unit, and when a fault occurs in the storage device, a fault recovery command is sent from the control unit through the network to the corresponding storage device or the switching unit.