Predicting and preparing volume configurations

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11379130-B2
Application number	US-201916297979-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 11, 2019
Priority date	Aug 30, 2018
Publication date	Jul 5, 2022
Grant date	Jul 5, 2022

Abstract

A storage system having a processor that provides a volume to be an object of an input/output (I/O) request and executes I/O in response to the I/O request includes a valid volume provided to be the object of the I/O request, and an invalid volume not being provided to be the object. A plurality of invalid volumes includes invalid volumes of a plurality of types of capacities. The processor selects, when a volume creation request is received, the invalid volume on the basis of capacity according to the volume creation request to convert the selected invalid volume into a valid volume, and provides the validated valid volume.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A storage system that provides a volume to be an object of an input/output (I/O) request and executes I/O in response to the I/O request, the storage system comprising:
a processor;
a valid volume provided to be the object of the I/O request; and
an invalid volume not being provided to be the object of the I/O request,
wherein invalid volumes of a plurality of types of capacities are included in a plurality of the invalid volumes,
wherein the processor is configured to:
select, when a volume creation request is received, a respective invalid volume based on respective capacities of the invalid volumes according to the volume creation request to convert the selected invalid volume into a valid volume, and provide the validated valid volume,
set a combination, for each type of volume capacity, a number of volumes having the respective type of volume capacity based on a stored history of volume configuration changes and a current number of invalid volumes,
calculate a difference between the number of volumes having the respective type of volume capacity and the current number of invalid volumes for each type of volume capacity of the types of capacities, and
determine a priority level of creation of the volume of a respective type of volume capacity based on the difference to create the invalid volume.

2. The storage system according to claim 1 , wherein
the processor is configured to:
prepare a volume configuration according to the combination of the volume capacity and a number of volumes set.

3. The storage system according to claim 1 , wherein
the processor is configured to delete a number of invalid volumes that is equal to an absolute value of the difference upon determining the difference is a negative number.

4. The storage system according to claim 1 , wherein
when the volume creation request is received, the processor is configured to:
select the invalid volume having capacity different from the capacity according to the volume creation request;
convert the selected invalid volume into a valid volume to provide the valid volume; and
change capacity of the valid volume to the capacity according to the volume creation request after the provision is started.

5. The storage system according to claim 2 , wherein
the processor is configured to perform a preparation processing on the basis of a volume creation schedule that is a schedule indicating a date and time, volume capacity, and the number of volumes.

6. The storage system according to claim 1 , wherein
each storage node included in the storage system includes a memory and processor and
the history is shared by a plurality of storage nodes,
wherein the processor is configured to set the combination of the volume capacity and the number of volumes of the invalid volume.

7. A method of controlling storage of a storage system that provides a volume to be an object of an input/output (I/O) request and executes I/O in response to the I/O request, the storage system including a valid volume provided to be the object of the I/O request and
an invalid volume not being provided to be the object of the I/O request, and invalid volumes of a plurality of types of capacities are included in a plurality of the invalid volumes, the method comprising:
selecting, when a volume creation request is received, the invalid volume on the basis of capacity according to the volume creation request;
converting the selected invalid volume into a valid volume;
providing the validated valid volume;
setting a combination, for each type of volume capacity, a number of volumes having the respective type of volume capacity based on a stored history of volume configuration changes and a current number of invalid volumes;
calculating a difference between the number of volumes having the respective type of volume capacity and the current number of invalid volumes for each type of volume capacity of the types of volume capacities; and
determining a priority level of creation of the volume of a respective type of volume capacity based on the difference to create the invalid volume.

8. A non-transitory recording medium storing a computer readable program causing a computer as a constituent element of a storage system that provides a volume to be an object of an input/output (I/O) request and executes I/O in response to the I/O request or a computer connected to the storage system to perform steps comprising:
selecting, when a volume creation request is received, the invalid volume on the basis of capacity according to the volume creation request;
converting the selected invalid volume into a valid volume;
providing, while the storage system includes a valid volume provided to be the object of the I/O request and an invalid volume not being provided to be the object of the I/O request, a plurality of the invalid volumes including invalid volumes of a plurality of types of capacities, the validated valid volume;
setting a combination, for each type of volume capacity, a number of volumes having the respective type of volume capacity based on a stored history of volume configuration changes and a current number of invalid volumes;
calculating a difference between the number of volumes having the respective type of volume capacity and the current number of invalid volumes for each type of volume capacity of the types of capacities; and
determining a priority level of creation of the volume of a respective type of volume capacity based on the difference to create the invalid volume.

Assignees

• Hitachi Ltd

Inventors

• Suzuki Takanobu
• Hara Akihiro
• Agetsuma Masakuni

Classifications

• G06F3/0671

  In-line storage system · CPC title

• G06F3/0644

  Management of space entities, e.g. partitions, extents, pools · CPC title

• G06F3/0604 Primary

  Improving or facilitating administration, e.g. storage management · CPC title

• G06F3/0631 Primary

  by allocating resources to storage systems · CPC title

• G06F3/0611 Primary

  in relation to response time · CPC title