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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2008
Shinya Matsumoto, Yokohama, JP;
Takahiro Nakano, Yokohama, JP;
Atsushi Sutoh, Yokohama, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
When a management screen for conducting management operation of a file system in the NAS apparatusof a file server is displayed by the administrator on a display device of the management consoleby using the management console, if a disk device obtained from the storage apparatusis in a power saving state, the NAS apparatushas a function to change the operations hereafter. Specifically, a screen is displayed on the management screen, in which a creation or deletion of the file system becomes impossible with respect to the disk device in the power saving state. Therefore, the administrator can conduct management operations for services without referring to the power status, thereby resulting in easy management operation.