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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:
Mar. 28, 2017

Filed:

Apr. 29, 2016
Applicant:

Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Ai Satoyama, Sagamihara, JP;

Yoshiaki Eguchi, Yokohama, JP;

Assignee:

Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 9/50 (2006.01); G06F 9/455 (2006.01); G06F 11/07 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0644 (2013.01); G06F 3/061 (2013.01); G06F 3/064 (2013.01); G06F 3/0607 (2013.01); G06F 3/0631 (2013.01); G06F 3/0659 (2013.01); G06F 3/0664 (2013.01); G06F 3/0689 (2013.01); G06F 9/45558 (2013.01); G06F 9/5016 (2013.01); G06F 11/0727 (2013.01); G06F 11/0751 (2013.01); G06F 11/0772 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45579 (2013.01);
Abstract

In conventional unified storage systems, an I/O for block storage and an I/O for file storage are processed in a single OS without being distinguished, so that it was not possible to perform processes for speedy failure detection or for enhancing performances such as tuning of performance by directly monitoring hardware. The present invention solves the problem by having a block storage-side OS and an OS group managing multiple systems including a file system other than the block storage-side OS coexist within a storage system, wherein the OS group managing multiple systems including a file system other than the block storage-side OS is virtualized by a hypervisor, wherein a block storage micro-controller and the hypervisor can cooperate in performing processes.


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