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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 24, 2008
Kosuke Komikado, Odawara, JP;
Yuko Matsui, Odawara, JP;
Kosuke Komikado, Odawara, JP;
Yuko Matsui, Odawara, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a storage system, an operator makes an input only of minimum-required information, and when an LU setting command including the information is accepted, in response to the LU setting command, any internal process is executed using configuration management information about an LU and a plurality of physical storage devices. After completion of the internal process, the processing result is forwarded back. Herein, the configuration management information is about the LU and the physical storage devices, including information about a free area and a free capacity in a storage space of each of the physical storage devices, and information about the LU based on the storage spaces. The free area is an address area occupied by the free space not used as the LU. The free capacity is the capacity of the free space. Accordingly, an LU setting technology with a reduced level of the operator's load of work can be favorably provided.