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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2010
Seisuke Tokuda, Ebina, JP;
Kazutomo Ushijima, Ebina, JP;
Akira Shimizu, Yokohama, JP;
Michiko Tanaka, Chigasaki, JP;
Shinji Fujiwara, Sagamihara, JP;
Nobuo Kawamura, Atsugi, JP;
Seisuke Tokuda, Ebina, JP;
Kazutomo Ushijima, Ebina, JP;
Akira Shimizu, Yokohama, JP;
Michiko Tanaka, Chigasaki, JP;
Shinji Fujiwara, Sagamihara, JP;
Nobuo Kawamura, Atsugi, JP;
HITACHI, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
According to this invention, a data arrangement method, the computer connected to a storage system which provides a plurality of logical storage devices comprising a plurality of physical storage devices arranges data in a logical storage volume constructed by integrating the plurality of logical storage devices. The method includes: a step wherein the computer receives an instruction to build the logical storage volume using the plurality of logical storage devices or to rebuild the constructed logical storage volume; a step wherein the computer obtains information about the plurality of physical storage devices constituting each of the plurality of logical storage devices included in the received instruction; and a step wherein the arrangement position of data into the logical storage volume is determined on the basis of the obtained information about the plurality of physical storage devices.