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Storage system having partition size set in accordance with drive type

US8612716B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 26, 2007
Grant dateDec 17, 2013
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Expiry dateApr 4, 2030

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F2212/282
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a storage system which is shared by a plurality of application programs, wherein optimum performance tuning for a cache memory can be performed for each of the individual application programs. The storage system of the present invention comprises a storage device which provides a plurality of logical volumes which can be accessed from a plurality of application programs, a controller for controlling input and output of data to and from the logical volumes in response to input/output requests from the plurality of application programs, and a cache memory for temporarily storing data input to and output from the logical volume, wherein the cache memory is logically divided into a plurality of partitions which are exclusively assigned to the plurality of logical volumes respectively.

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