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Storage system and ownership control method for storage system

US8412892B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 21, 2010
Grant dateApr 2, 2013
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Expiry dateDec 16, 2030

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F3/0637
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Access to various types of resources is controlled efficiently, thereby enhancing the throughput. A storage system includes: a disk device for providing a volume for storing data to a host system; a channel adapter for writing data from the host system to the disk device via a cache memory; a disk adapter for transferring data to and from the disk device; and at least one processor package including a plurality of processors for controlling the channel adapter and the disk adapter; wherein any one of the processor packages includes a processor for incorporatively transferring related types of ownership based on specific control information for managing the plurality of types of ownership for each of the plurality of types of resources.

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