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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2014
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
HITACHI, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Storage system: wherein processor number information includes at least one logical unit number and at least one processor number of storage nodes; wherein transfer list index/processor number information includes a processor number for identifying a processor from among processors of the plurality of storage nodes, and index information for identifying a transfer list including instruction which the processor sends to the protocol processor; wherein a local router determines a first processor from among the processors of the plurality of storage nodes which is to be a transfer destination of a write request based on processor number information in response to the write request from the host computer through the protocol processor; wherein the first processor generates and sends to the protocol processor a first transfer list which includes instruction for processing, and generates first index information which is an index of the first transfer list upon receiving the write request.