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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.

Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2012

Filed:

Apr. 15, 2011
Applicants:

Yoshifumi Zimoto, Odawara, JP;

Go Uehara, Odawara, JP;

Kenji Muraoka, Odawara, JP;

Masaaki Kobayashi, Odawara, JP;

Inventors:

Yoshifumi Zimoto, Odawara, JP;

Go Uehara, Odawara, JP;

Kenji Muraoka, Odawara, JP;

Masaaki Kobayashi, Odawara, JP;

Assignee:

Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A storage system constituted such that power saving to an administrator-desired storage device can be performed from a management device. That is, the storage system comprises a power-saving indication receiving section for receiving from a management console a power-saving indication specifying at least one storage device of a plurality of RAID groups, a plurality of logical units, and a plurality of physical storage devices; and a power-saving controller for saving on power to one or more physical storage devices corresponding to the storage device specified in this power-saving indication.


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