STORAGE APPARATUS AND LOAD DISTRIBUTION METHOD
First Claim
1. A storage apparatus having plural control processors that interpret and process a request sent from a host computer, the storage apparatus comprising:
- a distribution judgment unit for judging, after a control processor receives a request sent from the host computer, whether or not to allocate processing relevant to the request from that control processor to another control processor; and
a control processor selection unit for selecting an allocation target control processor if the distribution judgment unit decides to allocate the processing to another control processor.
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Abstract
A storage apparatus having plural control processors that interpret and process requests sent from a host computer includes a distribution judgment unit for judging, after a control processor receives a request sent from the host computer, whether or not to allocate processing relevant to the request from the control processor that received the request to another control processor, and a control processor selection unit for selecting an allocation target control processor if the distribution judgment unit judges to allocate the processing to another control processor.
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14 Claims
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1. A storage apparatus having plural control processors that interpret and process a request sent from a host computer, the storage apparatus comprising:
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a distribution judgment unit for judging, after a control processor receives a request sent from the host computer, whether or not to allocate processing relevant to the request from that control processor to another control processor; and a control processor selection unit for selecting an allocation target control processor if the distribution judgment unit decides to allocate the processing to another control processor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A load distribution method for a storage apparatus having plural control processors that interpret and process a request sent from a host computer, the method comprising:
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a first step of judging, after a control processor receives a request sent from the host computer, whether or not to allocate processing relevant to the request from the control processor that received the request to another control processor; and a second step of selecting an allocation target control processor if the processing allocation is decided upon in the first step. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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