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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2012
Takayuki Fukatani, Yokohama, JP;
Yasutomo Yamamoto, Sagamihara, JP;
Tomohiro Kawaguchi, Cupertino, CA (US);
Masanori Takada, Yokohama, JP;
Yoshiaki Eguchi, Yokohama, JP;
Takayuki Fukatani, Yokohama, JP;
Yasutomo Yamamoto, Sagamihara, JP;
Tomohiro Kawaguchi, Cupertino, CA (US);
Masanori Takada, Yokohama, JP;
Yoshiaki Eguchi, Yokohama, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
For at least one of storage unit, processor and cache memory which are I/O process-participating devices related to I/O command process, when a load of one or more I/O process-participating devices or a part thereof is a low load equal to or less than a predetermined threshold value, a processing related to a state of one or more of the I/O process-participating devices or a part thereof is redirected to another one or more I/O process-participating devices or a part thereof, and the state of the one or more I/O process-participating devices or a part thereof is shifted to a power-saving state.