Storage apparatus and storage system
US7356640B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 12, 2005 |
| Grant date | Apr 8, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 15, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F12/0866
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The present invention manages the information of storage apparatuses inside a single storage apparatus in an integrated fashion, under a heterogeneous storage environment in which a variety of storage apparatuses are distributed and deployed on a plurality of sub-networks.A wide-area network comprises a plurality of sub-networks, and a plurality of storage apparatuses are disposed on the respective sub-networks. A storage apparatus, which constitutes the connection source, issues query commands and collects storage information from respective external storage apparatuses based on conditions input from a user. When external resources matching the user-desired conditions are extracted, these external resources are displayed on a management terminal. When the user selects a desired external resource, this external resource is connected to a virtual intermediate volume and provided to a host.
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