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Information processing apparatus and operation method thereof

US8161008B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 3, 2008
Grant dateApr 17, 2012
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Expiry dateSep 15, 2030

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F11/1451
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes a remote copying processing part 214 copying, at predetermined time intervals, difference data of a D-VOL 72 onto a different D-VOL 72 via a communication interface; and a failover processing part 215 acquiring the number of other auxiliary volumes 74 provided to be added to the different D-VOL 72 as a new D-VOL 72 when the copying of the difference data of the D-VOL 72 onto the different D-VOL 72 is complete, comparing the number of other auxiliary volumes 74 with the number of auxiliary volumes 74 included in itself, and performing a failover process of switching a function of a copy source of a data copying process by the data copying processing part to a function of a copy destination thereof when the number of other auxiliary volumes 74 is larger than the number of that in itself by a predetermined value or more.

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