Disk control apparatus, disk control method, remote disk control apparatus, and remote disk control method

• US 7,426,609 B2
• Filed: 02/13/2003
• Issued: 09/16/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 08/18/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Ishii, Atsushi, Takahashi, Hideo, Kobayashi, Hidefumi, Miyazaki, Daisuke, Masuda, Hideo, Hirose, Rei, Yanagisawa, Tatsuya
• Primary Examiner(s): Kim; Matt
• Assistant Examiner(s): Thomas; Shane M.
• Application Number:
  US10/365,986
• Publication Number:
  US 20030131163A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,042 Days
• Field of Search: 711112-113
• US Class Current: 711/112
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0605 by facilitating the interaction with a user or administrator
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/064 Management of blocks
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0689 Disk arrays, e.g. RAID, JBOD
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 20/10 Digital recording or reproducing
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 20/10527 Audio or video recording; Data buffering arrangements G11B20/12 - G11B20/18 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 20/1217 on discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2020/1062 Data buffering arrangements, e.g. recording or playback buffers

Abstract

A disk control apparatus formats each track of a storage disk device in a short time. The disk control apparatus (1) has a cache memory (14) which stores a part of data, a management table (20) which indicates whether a track of the storage disk device (2) has been initialized to a predetermined track format, and control units (10, 12) which create the track format referring to the management table (20) when an input/output request is received from the host (3). The factory shipment format flag of this management table is set to “1” when factory formatting is executed, and the table is transferred to the disk. By this method, high-speed factory formatting is possible.

Claims

1. A disk control apparatus for performing input/output control of data of a storage disk device according to an input/output request from a host, comprising:

a cache memory which stores a part of the data of said storage disk device;

a management table which has format information for indicating whether a track of said storage disk device has been initialized to a predetermined track format for each track of said storage disk device, said predetermined track format including at least a track position and an attribute of user area of the track; and

a control unit which creates track format information of said predetermined track format referring to said management table when an input/output request is received from said host,

wherein said control unit, when a write request is received from said host, stores write data into said cache memory, judges whether a target track for said write data has been initialized to said predetermined track format by referring to said management table, writes directly said write data and said track format information on said target track itself, where there is not written any track format, of said storage disk device when judging that the target track has not been initialized, and updates said format information of said target track in said management table to complete initialization of said target track.

2. The disk control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said control unit sets a flag to indicate whether initialization is completed in said management table according to an instruction from the outside, and performs the track format initialization of the track of said storage disk device according to said flag in said management table.

3. The disk control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said control unit judges whether a second target track for a read request has been initialized to said predetermined track format by referring to said management table, creates said track format information when judging that the second target track has not been initialized, and responds to said host, when said read request is received from said host.

4. The disk control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said disk control device further comprises a list table for storing a plurality of track format patterns,

and said control unit creates the track format information specified by said list table referring to said management table, when an input/output request is received from said host.

5. The disk control device according to claim 1, wherein said control unit judges whether or not the target record of said write request is HA/R0 (Home Address/Record 0), and creates and writes HA/standard R0 data in the cache memory when judging that the target record is not the HA/R0.

6. A disk control method for controlling input/output of data of a storage disk device according to an input/output request from a host, comprising:

an initialization step of setting format information which indicates whether a track of said storage disk device has been initialized to a predetermined track format for each track of said storage disk device in a management table, said predetermined track format including at least a track position and an attribute of user area of the track; and

an input/output control step of creating track format information of said predetermined track format referring to said management table when an input/output request is received from said host,

wherein, said control step comprises the steps of;

storing, when a write request is received from said host, write data into said cache memory;

judging whether a target track for said write data has been initialized to said predetermined track format by referring to said management table;

writing directly said write data and said track format information on said target track itself, where there is not written any track format, of said storage disk device when judging that the target track has not been initialized; and

updating said format information of said target track in said management table to complete initialization of said target track.

7. The disk control method according to claim 6, wherein said initialization step comprises the steps of:

setting a flag to indicate whether said initialization has been completed in said management table according to an instruction from the outside; and

starting the track formatting initialization of a track of said storage disk device.

8. The disk control method according to claim 6, wherein said control step comprises the steps of:

judging whether a second target track for a read request has been initialized to said predetermined track format by referring to said management table when said read request is received from said host;

creating said track format information when judging that the second target track has not been initialized; and

responding to said host.

9. The disk control method according to claim 6, further comprising a step of storing a plurality of track format patterns in a list table,

wherein said control step comprises a step of creating a track format information specified by said list table referring to said management table when an input/output request is received from said host.

10. The disk control method according to claim 6, further comprising the steps of:

judging whether or not the target record of said write request is HA/R0 (Home address/Record 0); and

creating and writing HA/standard R0 data in the cache memory when judging that the target record is not the HA/R0.