Compound storage system and storage control method
US9003087B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 18, 2013 |
| Grant date | Apr 7, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 18, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F13/20
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A shared device unit, which comprises a storage device, is coupled to a plurality of storage systems. The shared device unit provides a plurality of storage areas, which are based on the storage device, to the plurality of storage systems. Each storage system stores allocation management information which comprises an ID of a storage area provided to thereof among the plurality of storage areas, and provides the storage area corresponded to the ID included in the allocation management information to the host computer coupled thereto among the plurality of host computers.
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