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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2008
Masaaki Hosouchi, Zama, JP;
Nobuhiro Maki, Yokohama, JP;
Masaaki Hosouchi, Zama, JP;
Nobuhiro Maki, Yokohama, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
This invention provides a storage system coupled to a computer that executes data processing jobs by running a program, comprising: an interface; a storage controller; and disk drives. The storage controller is configured to: control spinning of disk in the disk drives; receive job information which contains an execution order of the job and a load attribute of the job from the computer before the job is executed; select a logical volume to which none of the storage areas are allocated when requested by the computer to provide a logical volume for storing a file that is used temporarily by the job to be executed; select which storage area to allocate to the selected logical volume based on at least one of the job execution order and the job load attribute; allocate the selected storage area to the selected logical volume; and notify the computer of the selected logical volume.