The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2013
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Hideo Saito, Kawasaki, JP;
Hirotaka Nakagawa, Sagamihara, JP;
Yoichi Goto, Yokohama, JP;
Abhishek Johri, Yokohama, IN;
Tomohiro Kawaguchi, Chigasaki, JP;
Kunihiko Nashimoto, Ninomiya, JP;
Nobuhito Mori, Kawasaki, JP;
Naoko Ikegaya, Sagamihara, JP;
Akira Yamamoto, Sagamihara, JP;
HITACHI, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An example is a method of controlling a storage system for providing a virtual storage apparatus that includes virtual storage resources associated with real storage resources of real storage apparatus. It includes receiving a virtual storage resource control command of a predetermined type specifying a first virtual storage resource in the virtual storage apparatus and a second virtual storage resource associated with the first virtual storage resource; referring to management information for managing association relations between the virtual storage resources and the real storage resources, to identify a first real storage resource associated with the first virtual storage resource and a first real storage apparatus including the first real storage resource; and selecting a second real storage resource associated with the second virtual storage resource from real storage resources within the first real storage apparatus, or creating the second real storage resource within the first real storage apparatus.