Title:
STORAGE MANAGEMENT COMPUTER
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2016/157274
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
According to an embodiment, a management computer communicates with a host computer and a storage device, and is provided with a memory and a CPU. The memory stores configuration information which includes information about a plurality of storage media having different performance levels provided in the host computer and the storage device, and which indicates and associates storage regions provided by the storage media with the host computer. If the CPU receives a request which requests allocation of a storage region to the host computer, and which includes information about access characteristics of the host computer and information about the capacity of the storage region to be allocated, then the CPU refers to the configuration information, selects a storage medium that can provide a storage region having the requested capacity, from among the storage media provided in the storage device and the host computer and on the basis of the access characteristics included in the request, and generates and outputs a configuration scheme for allocating a storage region from the selected storage medium to the host computer.
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Inventors:
KANEKO SATOSHI (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2015/059536
Publication Date:
October 06, 2016
Filing Date:
March 27, 2015
Export Citation:
Assignee:
HITACHI LTD (JP)
International Classes:
G06F9/50
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2015015592A1 | 2015-02-05 |
Foreign References:
| JP5707540B1 | 2015-04-30 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
INOUE Manabu et al. (JP)
Manabu Inoue (JP)
Manabu Inoue (JP)
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