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.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2016

Filed:

Sep. 26, 2012
Applicant:

Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Naoshi Maniwa, Tokyo, JP;

Takato Kusama, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/12 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 13/10 (2006.01); G06F 11/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0664 (2013.01); G06F 3/06 (2013.01); G06F 3/067 (2013.01); G06F 3/0608 (2013.01); G06F 3/0617 (2013.01); G06F 3/0635 (2013.01); G06F 3/0665 (2013.01); G06F 11/20 (2013.01); G06F 13/10 (2013.01);
Abstract

Computer system providing to a host computer a virtual logical volume that is associated with a logical pool configured from storage areas respectively provided by first and second storage apparatuses, and dynamically assigns a storage area from the logical volume to the virtual logical volume, a host computer and the first storage apparatus are connected via a first path configuring an access path, and, when a ratio of an access volume used by a second path connecting the first and second storage apparatuses exceeds a predetermined ratio, it is determined that a problem with the access path from the host computer to virtual logical volume, a third path connecting the host computer and the second storage apparatus is identified as a change destination of the access path, and the identified third path is changed to a part of the access path from the host computer to the virtual logical volume.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Loading…