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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2008
Takashi Chikusa, Odawara, JP;
Satoru Yamaura, Odawara, JP;
Kenichi Saitou, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Kumasawa, Odawara, JP;
Masanobu Uryuu, Nakai, JP;
Takashi Chikusa, Odawara, JP;
Satoru Yamaura, Odawara, JP;
Kenichi Saitou, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Kumasawa, Odawara, JP;
Masanobu Uryuu, Nakai, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
One or more storage controllers include a folder configuration unit for configuring a plurality of folders to store the plurality of contents in the plurality of logical volumes, a core-contents management unit for specifying and managing core-contents to become the core from the plurality of contents to be stored in the plurality of logical volumes or the plurality of folders, a related contents management unit for managing the core-contents and one or more related contents associated with a part or the whole of the core-contents from a plurality of contents to be stored in the plurality of logical volumes or the plurality of folders, and a group folder configuration unit for configuring a group folder that groups the core-contents and the related contents across the plurality of logical volumes or the plurality of folders.