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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2010
Shuji Nakamura, Machida, JP;
Akira Fujibayashi, Sagamihara, JP;
Mutsumi Hosoya, Odawara, JP;
Hideaki Fukuda, Odawara, JP;
Shuji Nakamura, Machida, JP;
Akira Fujibayashi, Sagamihara, JP;
Mutsumi Hosoya, Odawara, JP;
Hideaki Fukuda, Odawara, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Deadlock is avoided in a grid storage system having superior scalability. Provided is a storage subsystem connected to a host computer for receiving a write or read access from the host computer. This storage subsystem includes a plurality of modules respectively having a storage resource, a switch for connecting the plurality of modules, a controller for controlling the transfer of a packet based on the write or read access from the host computer to a target module among the plurality of modules via the switch, and a memory storing a transfer rule of the packet. The controller controls the transfer of the packet based on the transfer rule.