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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2008
Yuki Sugimoto, Sagamihara, JP;
Takuya Okamoto, Machida, JP;
Yuki Sugimoto, Sagamihara, JP;
Takuya Okamoto, Machida, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The storage system includes a file server connected to a host apparatus and configured to provide a directory in a file system having a directory structure to the host apparatus, a storage subsystem connected to the file server and configured to provide a volume for storing the file system, and a management apparatus connected respectively to the file server and the storage subsystem and configured to manage backup/restoration of an arbitrary directory contained in the file system. The storage system selects one of backup methods of a directory designated as a backup target by the management apparatus, and executes backup processing to the designated directory. The storage system also includes a restoration controller configured to control execution of restoration processing to backup data based on the backup processing.