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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2011
Filed:
May. 30, 2008
Applicants:
Takeshi Shigemura, Odawara, JP;
Koji Nagata, Kaisei, JP;
Kosuke Sakai, Isehara, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
This storage apparatus further includes a control unit for creating a second volume as a backup volume of the first volume upon receiving a backup command of the first volume from the host apparatus, and sending a completion reply of the backup command to the host apparatus while the formatting of the second volume and the replication from the first volume to the second volume are incomplete.