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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2008
Tomoya Makino, Kawasaki, JP;
Tomoya Makino, Kawasaki, JP;
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
According to an aspect of an embodiment, a storage apparatus comprising; a pair of control devices for controlling storage devices, each control device being connected with another control device; storage devices for storing data; switches being connected with the plurality of storage devices, the switches being connected between the control devices in series; wherein the control device for controlling the plurality of switches according to a process including detecting a fault in the connection of the switches, and; controlling the control devices to access the storage devices via the switches such that one of the control devices accesses a part of the storage devices via a part of the switches located between the one of the control devices and the fault, and the other of the control devices accesses remainder of the storage devices via remainder of the switches, respectively.
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