The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2009
Applicants:
Atsushi Ishii, Kawasaki, JP;
Tomoaki Tsuruta, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiroaki Ochi, Kawasaki, JP;
Tsukasa Makino, Kawasaki, JP;
Marie Abe, Kawasaki, JP;
Masanori Itou, Kawasaki, JP;
Koji Ohtsuki, Kawasaki, JP;
Inventors:
Atsushi Ishii, Kawasaki, JP;
Tomoaki Tsuruta, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiroaki Ochi, Kawasaki, JP;
Tsukasa Makino, Kawasaki, JP;
Marie Abe, Kawasaki, JP;
Masanori Itou, Kawasaki, JP;
Koji Ohtsuki, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The storage apparatus of the present invention includes a disk controller (CM) that issues a command to a disk via a fabric device. The CM controls the number of commands to be issued to the disk based on the structure of the storage apparatus and the operation state of the storage apparatus.