System and device for managing storage area network, volume allocation method, and computer software
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1. A storage area network management system comprising:
- a plurality of information processing devices;
a plurality of storage devices;
a storage area network having the information processing devices and the storage devices connected thereto, and further having network equipments, each network equipment having configured thereto a network bandwidth used for communication between the information processing devices and the storage devices; and
a management device connected to the information processing devices, the storage devices and the storage area network for management, wherein the management device comprises a data storage device for storing a connection structure information and a performance information of paths of the network equipments and a performance information and a capacity information of the storage devices, and a storage selection means for selecting a storage device for allocating a volume to the information processing device, and upon allocating a volume to the information processing device, the storage selection means selects, based on the information stored in the data storage device, the storage device having the performance and the volume capacity required by the information processing device and also having on its path the network equipment to which is configured the network bandwidth required for the communication with the information processing device.
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Abstract
The invention provides a management system solving the problems of the storage area network shared among plural devices, which was incapable of guaranteeing communication performances due to varied response time, and which required unstable time for accessing volumes.
The storage area network management system comprises plural information processing devices 21, plural storage devices 41, a network with plural network equipments 31 to which is configured a network bandwidth used for communication between information processing devices 21 and storage devices 41, and a management device 1, wherein management device 1 comprises a data storage device 10 for storing a connection structure information and a performance information of paths of the network equipments 31 and a performance information and a capacity information of storage devices 41, and a storage selection means 13 for selecting a storage device 41 for allocating a volume to information processing device 21, and upon allocating a volume to information processing device 21, storage selection means 13 selects, based on the information stored in data storage device 10, storage device 41 fulfilling the performance and the volume capacity required by information processing device 21 and also having on its path network equipment 31 to which is configured the network bandwidth required for the communication with information processing device 21.
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1. A storage area network management system comprising:
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a plurality of information processing devices;
a plurality of storage devices;
a storage area network having the information processing devices and the storage devices connected thereto, and further having network equipments, each network equipment having configured thereto a network bandwidth used for communication between the information processing devices and the storage devices; and
a management device connected to the information processing devices, the storage devices and the storage area network for management, wherein the management device comprises a data storage device for storing a connection structure information and a performance information of paths of the network equipments and a performance information and a capacity information of the storage devices, and a storage selection means for selecting a storage device for allocating a volume to the information processing device, and upon allocating a volume to the information processing device, the storage selection means selects, based on the information stored in the data storage device, the storage device having the performance and the volume capacity required by the information processing device and also having on its path the network equipment to which is configured the network bandwidth required for the communication with the information processing device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A management device connected to and managing a plurality of information processing devices, a plurality of storage devices, and a storage area network having the information processing devices and the storage devices connected thereto, and further having network equipments, each network equipment having configured thereto a network bandwidth used for communication between the information processing devices and the storage devices,
wherein the management device comprises a data storage device for storing a connection structure information and a performance information of paths of the network equipments and a performance information and a capacity information of the storage devices, and a storage selection means for selecting a storage device for allocating a volume to the information processing device, and upon allocating a volume to the information processing device, the storage selection means selects, based on the information stored in the data storage device, the storage device having the performance and the volume capacity required by the information processing device and also having on its path the network equipment to which is configured the network bandwidth required for the communication with the information processing device.
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7. A volume allocation method for a storage area network management system comprising a plurality of information processing devices;
- a plurality of storage devices;
a storage area network having the information processing devices and the storage devices connected thereto and further having network equipments, each network equipment having configured thereto a network bandwidth used for communication between the information processing devices and the storage devices; and
a management device connected to the information processing devices, the storage devices and the storage area network for management, the volume allocation method comprising;
storing a connection structure information and a performance information of paths of the network equipments and a performance information and a capacity information of the storage devices; and
selecting, based on the information stored in the data storage device, a storage device having the performance and the volume capacity required by the information processing device and also having on its path the network equipment to which is configured the network bandwidth required for the communication with the information processing device, for selecting the storage device for allocating the volume to the information processing device. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
- a plurality of storage devices;
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12. A computer software used in a management device for a storage area network management system comprising a plurality of information processing devices;
- a plurality of storage devices;
a storage area network having the information processing devices and the storage devices connected thereto and further having network equipments, each network equipment having configured thereto a network bandwidth used for communication between the information processing devices and the storage devices; and
a management device connected to the information processing devices, the storage devices and the storage area network for management,the computer software being a program for realizing the following functions in a computer;
a function for storing a connection structure information and a performance information of paths of the network equipments and a performance information and a capacity information of the storage devices; and
a function for selecting, based on the information stored in the data storage device, a storage device having the performance and the volume capacity required by the information processing device and also having on its path the network equipment to which is configured the network bandwidth required for the communication with the information processing device, in order to select the storage device for allocating the volume to the information processing device.
- a plurality of storage devices;
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Current AssigneeHitachi, Ltd.
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Original AssigneeHitachi, Ltd.
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InventorsUeoka, Atsushi, Mizuno, Jun, Ishizaki, Takeshi, Kobayashi, Emiko, Miyawaki, Toui, Sugauchi, Kiminori
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Application NumberUS10/988,492Publication NumberTime in Patent OfficeDaysField of SearchUS Class Current711/111CPC Class CodesH04L 67/1097 for distributed storage of ...
