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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2012
Hitachi, Ltd., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Masayuki Sakata, Kirkland, WA (US);
Akio Nakajima, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Akira Deguchi, Santa Clara, CA (US);
HITACHI, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Exemplary embodiments provide a technique to offload storage workload. In one aspect, a computer comprises: a memory; and a controller operable to manage a relationship among port information of an initiator port, information of a logical volume storing data from the initiator port, and port information of a target port to be used for storing data from the initiator port to the logical volume, and to cause another computer to process a storage function of a storage system including the logical volume and the target port by creating a virtual machine for executing the storage function and by configuring the relationship on said another computer, said another computer sending the data to the logical volume of the storage system after executing the storage function. In specific embodiments, by executing the storage function on said another computer, the workload of executing the storage function on the storage system is eliminated.