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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2008
Applicants:
Mutsumi Hosoya, Odawara, JP;
Hiroshi Kanayama, Odawara, JP;
Wataru Mineta, Yokohama, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 12/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A storage controller of the present invention narrows down the target for data comparison by comparing hash codes beforehand and rapidly detects duplicated data. A hash value setting unit sets a hash code in data received from a host. Hash code-attached data is stored in a logical volume. A microprocessor unit compares the hash codes for each comparison-targeted data. When hash codes match with one another, a data comparator compares the target data, and determines whether or not the data is duplicated data. When duplicated data is detected, the microprocessor unit removes the duplicated data.