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Storage device and method of controlling storage device

US9256372B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 5, 2012
Grant dateFeb 9, 2016
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Expiry dateDec 5, 2032

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F2201/835
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

It is an object of the present invention to suppress inconsistency of mount information necessary for mounting a volume in a storage device having a primary volume and a secondary volume.The storage device according to the present invention creates a memory region storing the mount information necessary for mounting the secondary volume, saves a snapshot thereof, and presents a virtual volume which has been created by using the snapshot and the data in the secondary volume to an external device.

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