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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2014
Filed:
May. 31, 2005
Kazutaka Ogihara, Kawasaki, JP;
Masahisa Tamura, Kawasaki, JP;
Toru Yokohata, Kawasaki, JP;
Satoshi Ikuta, Shizuoka, JP;
Yasuo Noguchi, Kawasaki, JP;
Riichiro Take, Kawasaki, JP;
Kazutaka Ogihara, Kawasaki, JP;
Masahisa Tamura, Kawasaki, JP;
Toru Yokohata, Kawasaki, JP;
Satoshi Ikuta, Shizuoka, JP;
Yasuo Noguchi, Kawasaki, JP;
Riichiro Take, Kawasaki, JP;
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A storage system is disclosed that stores data across plural storage devices. The storage system includes plural modules. Each of the modules includes a storage device including a data storage section that has plural slice areas to store data elements one in each, and a control-information storage section that stores control information of the plural slice areas, a communications-function section having a function of sending and receiving the data elements stored in the slice areas in the data storage section. The modules communicate with each other to replicate the data element stored in the slice area into an unused slice area in another module so as to have data redundancy.