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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2012
Applicants:
Katsunori Suzuki, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroshi Nasu, Yokohama, JP;
Daisuke Shinohara, Yokohama, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/02 (2006.01); G06F 11/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/1448 (2013.01);
Abstract
Speed of processing of transferring data stored in a storage apparatus to an external apparatus is increased. A storage apparatus according to the present invention: creates a non-decompression volume set to refer to a compression pool that compresses and stores data; decompresses and provides the data stored in the compression pool to a host computer; and provides the compressed data as is to other external apparatuses via the non-decompression volume.