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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2008
Atsushi Igashira, Kawasaki, JP;
Hideo Takahashi, Kawasaki, JP;
Yoshihito Konta, Kawasaki, JP;
Norihide Kubota, Kawasaki, JP;
Atsushi Igashira, Kawasaki, JP;
Hideo Takahashi, Kawasaki, JP;
Yoshihito Konta, Kawasaki, JP;
Norihide Kubota, Kawasaki, JP;
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
According to an aspect of an embodiment, a method for controlling a controller connected to a plurality of storage units which are arranged in a redundant configuration, the controller reading data stored in the plurality of storage units in accordance with requests received from a host computer, the method comprising the steps of: receiving requests to read data successively from one of the storage units from the host computer; reading a part of requested target data from said one of the storage units; reading associated data and parity data stored in other storage units corresponding to other part of requested target data; generating other part of requested target data on the basis of the associated data and the parity data read out from the other storage units; and transmitting the part of the target data and the other part of the target data to the host computer.