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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2011
Applicants:
Atsumi Terayama, Kawasaki, JP;
Akihisa Nagami, Yokohama, JP;
Toru Tanaka, Sagamihara, JP;
Yasunori Kaneda, Yokohama, JP;
Inventors:
Atsumi Terayama, Kawasaki, JP;
Akihisa Nagami, Yokohama, JP;
Toru Tanaka, Sagamihara, JP;
Yasunori Kaneda, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 12/02 (2006.01); G06F 12/08 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/02 (2013.01); G06F 12/08 (2013.01); G06F 3/0646 (2013.01); G06F 3/0644 (2013.01); G06F 3/0647 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided is a method of using a dynamic chunk allocation function to efficiently carry out data volume migration. A storage apparatus according to the present invention includes first and second storage units and divides a storage extent in the second storage unit into chunks to add the chunks to a chunk pool to dynamically allocate the chunks in the chunk pool to a newly created logical data volume (see FIG.).