Patent · US Active

Remote copy method and remote copy system

US8028139B2 · kind B2 · utility

0Cited by
9References
20Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateMay 15, 2009
Grant dateSep 27, 2011
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 25, 2029

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S707/99955
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a configuration in which it is necessary to transfer data from a first storage system to a third storage system through a storage system between the storage systems, there is a problem that it is inevitable to give an excess logical volume to a second storage system between the storage systems. A remote copy system includes first storage system that sends and receives data to and from an information processing apparatus, a second storage system, and a third storage system. The second storage system virtually has a second storage area in which the data should be written and has a third storage area in which the data written in the second storage area and update information concerning the data are written. Data sent from the first storage system is not written in the second storage area but is written in the third storage area as data and update information. The data and the update information written in the third storage area are read out from the third storage system.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.