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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2011
Atsushi Yuhara, Yugawara, JP;
Hiroshi Kuwabara, Fujisawa, JP;
Junichi Hiwatashi, Ooi, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
One embodiment provides a computer system and data backup method which enable improvements in the response performance of a storage apparatus to a write request from a host apparatus. In a case where, during execution of same intra-enclosure copy processing, a primary storage apparatus receives a write request in which the data write destination is a storage area in a target range for the same intra-enclosure copy processing in a first primary volume in the primary storage apparatus, the primary storage apparatus transmits an advance notification storing an address of a storage area in a secondary storage apparatus which corresponds to the data write destination storage area designated in the write request to the secondary storage apparatus such that an on-demand copy is executed based on the advance notification in the secondary storage apparatus.