| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7412543 |
Method for controlling storage system, and storage control apparatus |
August 12, 2008 |
| A method for controlling a storage system including a host computer, and a first and a second storage control apparatuses each receiving a data input/output request from the host computer and executing a data input/output process for a storage device in response to the request, compr |
| 7398363 |
Storage system and power source control method thereof, storage apparatus and data processing me |
July 8, 2008 |
| Provided is a storage system and power supply control method thereof, storage apparatus and data processing method capable of reducing the power consumption of the overall storage system without requiring any complicated settings. A journal regarding update history information of a f |
| 7380032 |
Storage system, and method for controlling the same |
May 27, 2008 |
| Disclosed is a method A method for controlling a storage system including a host computer; a first storage controller connected communicably to the host computer, for receiving a data frame transmitted from the host computer and executing data input to and data output from a first storag |
| 7373390 |
Disk subsystems and their integrated system |
May 13, 2008 |
| An asynchronous remote copy system which can ensure the data renewal order and data integrity of the disk subsystems. The system provides for data mirroring by a main center having a gateway and a remote center having a gateway, and storage systems in each center connected to the cor |
| 7363455 |
Apparatus and method for partitioning and managing subsystem logics |
April 22, 2008 |
| A subsystem logics partitioning and managing apparatus comprises a recognition unit for recognizing logical and physical resources that constitute a subsystem a partition definition table in which the logical and physical resources in the subsystem are assigned for each user at an in |
| 7331000 |
Apparatus and storage system for controlling acquisition of snapshot |
February 12, 2008 |
| A DBMS performs a checkpoint process for maintaining consistency of data. A snapshot acquisition control program detects the checkpoint process externally to the DBMS and creates a snapshot in an external storage according to the timing of the checkpoint. Correspondence between check |
| 7328320 |
Storage system and method for acquisition and utilization of snapshots |
February 5, 2008 |
| A computer system including: a computer having a display to display information of a plurality of backup times, and an inputting device by which a user selects a backup time of the plurality of backup times; and, a storage system coupled to the computer and having an interface contro |
| 7231465 |
Storage system, and method for controlling the same |
June 12, 2007 |
| Disclosed is a method A method for controlling a storage system including a host computer; a first storage controller connected communicably to the host computer, for receiving a data frame transmitted from the host computer and executing data input to and data output from a first storag |
| 7209986 |
Method for controlling storage system, and storage control apparatus |
April 24, 2007 |
| A method for controlling a storage system including a host computer, and a first and a second storage control apparatuses each receiving a data input/output request from the host computer and executing a data input/output process for a storage device in response to the request, compr |
| 7184378 |
Storage system and controlling method thereof, and device and recording medium in storage system |
February 27, 2007 |
| A first storage device control device stores, when a first data write/read request is received, correspondences between first logical units and second logical units referenced when determining whether or not storage regions identified by first logical units set in the request are storage |
| 7167902 |
Disk subsystems and their integrated system |
January 23, 2007 |
| An asynchronous remote copy system is provided which can ensure the data renewal order and data integrity of the disk subsystems and are easy to be incorporated and free from degradation of the process performance of host computers. To this end, in the remote copy system for data mir |
| 7130959 |
Subsystems and an integrated system of these subsystems |
October 31, 2006 |
| A disk subsystem assures the sequence and the coherence of data updating with two or more disk subsystems is provided with an asynchronous remote copy function. A main center 9 includes a computer system having the configuration of slave subsystems 3-2 to 3-n connected with a master disk |
| 7127583 |
Disk control system and control method of disk control system |
October 24, 2006 |
| In order to assign logical devices efficiently to logical units, a disk control system that receives a process command for writing or reading of data from an information processing device, and performs a write or read process of data with respect to a logical device corresponding to a |
| 7069408 |
Apparatus and method for partitioning and managing subsystem logics |
June 27, 2006 |
| A subsystem logics partitioning and managing apparatus comprises a recognition unit for recognizing logical and physical resources that constitute a subsystem a partition definition table in which the logical and physical resources in the subsystem are assigned for each user at an in |
| 7069405 |
Disk control system and control method of disk control system |
June 27, 2006 |
| In order to assign logical devices efficiently to logical units, a disk control system that receives a process command for writing or reading of data from an information processing device, and performs a write or read process of data with respect to a logical device corresponding to a |
| 7062629 |
Apparatus and method for partitioning and managing subsystem logics |
June 13, 2006 |
| A subsystem logics partitioning and managing apparatus comprises a recognition unit for recognizing logical and physical resources that constitute a subsystem a partition definition table in which the logical and physical resources in the subsystem are assigned for each user at an in |
| 7051121 |
Method for controlling storage system, and storage control apparatus |
May 23, 2006 |
| A method for controlling a storage system including a host computer, and a first and a second storage control apparatuses each receiving a data input/output request from the host computer and executing a data input/output process for a storage device in response to the request, compr |
| 7028140 |
Storage system and method for acquisition and utilization of snapshots |
April 11, 2006 |
| There are provided a mainframe 1 constituting a host device and a disk array system 2 having logical volumes (LDEV) 30 connected with the mainframe 1. The mainframe 1 is provided with an input/output device configuration definition information storage section 14 that stores the addre |
| 7017076 |
Apparatus and storage system for controlling acquisition of snapshot |
March 21, 2006 |
| A DBMS performs a checkpoint process for maintaining consistency of data. A snapshot acquisition control program detects the checkpoint process externally to the DBMS and creates a snapshot in an external storage according to the timing of the checkpoint. Correspondence between check |
| 6981008 |
Method for duplicating data of storage subsystem and data duplicating system |
December 27, 2005 |
| In order to realize asynchronous type system assuring the consistency of data with the function of disk subsystems without the need of introducing new software to a host unit and without the deterioration of the performance of a main center, in a remote copy system which copies the d |
| 6978347 |
Method and apparatus for re-synchronizing paired volumes via communication line |
December 20, 2005 |
| A storage system data duplication method for copying data of a plurality of logical volumes possessed by a first storage system to a second storage system includes the steps of: (a) copying the data of the plurality of logical volumes to the second storage system; (b) interrupting copyin |
| 6950915 |
Data storage subsystem |
September 27, 2005 |
| A method for copying information from a first storage subsystem to a second storage subsystem is disclosed. The first and second storage subsystems are provided in a data storage system. The method comprises transmitting first data block from the first storage subsystem to the second sto |
| 6889204 |
Method and apparatus for rental storage system |
May 3, 2005 |
| Reduction of the initial investment cost of a user of a storage system can be realized, and the user of the storage system can easily perform timely addition for a short time. In a preferred embodiment, a method for renting and charging the storage system includes the steps of: reading a |
| 6868398 |
Method and apparatus for rental storage system |
March 15, 2005 |
| Reduction of the initial investment cost of a user of a storage system can be realized, and the user of the storage system can easily perform timely addition for a short time. In a preferred embodiment, a method for renting and charging the storage system includes the steps of: reading a |
| 6813683 |
Method and apparatus for copying data from a main site to a remote site |
November 2, 2004 |
| A disk subsystem assures the sequence and the coherence of data updating with two or more disk subsystems is provided with an asynchronous remote copy function. A main center 9 includes a computer system having the configuration of slave subsystems 3-2 to 3-n connected with a master disk |
| 6754792 |
Method and apparatus for resynchronizing paired volumes via communication line |
June 22, 2004 |
| A storage system data duplication method for copying data of a plurality of logical volumes possessed by a first storage system to a second storage system includes the steps of: (a) copying the data of the plurality of logical volumes to the second storage system; (b) interrupting copyin |
| 5905995 |
Disk array subsystem with self-reallocation of logical volumes for reduction of I/O processing l |
May 18, 1999 |
| A disk array subsystem includes a logical volume allocation controller, which divides and reallocates data of the same logical volume LVN among a plurality of magnetic disk drive groups when a magnetic disk group is added thereto. Successful logical-volume allocation can reduce the I/O |
| 3940800 |
Mode selecting device having a time delay between selection and establishment of an operating mo |
February 24, 1976 |
| In a tape recording and/or reproducing apparatus in which various operating modes thereof are selected by selective actuation of corresponding push-buttons and the actual force for establishing the selected operating mode is derived from an electrically energized driver, such as a soleno |
