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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2013
Applicant:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Hiroshi Nakagawa, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0608 (2013.01); G06F 3/065 (2013.01); G06F 3/0619 (2013.01); G06F 3/0665 (2013.01); G06F 3/0689 (2013.01); G06F 2003/0692 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention provides a storage subsystem in which a system administrator and a user can accurately comprehend the used storage capacity. Therefore, according to the backup of the present invention, a process for adding new data and a process for updating already existing data are distinguished, and a management to increase a capacity used by the user is performed only when adding new data.