Storage system, storage device, control method and control program of storage device, management device, and control method and storage medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2015378856-A1
Application number	US-201414768026-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Feb 25, 2014
Priority date	Feb 26, 2013
Publication date	Dec 31, 2015
Grant date	—

Abstract

Convenience of data access is to be secured. A storage system includes two or more storage devices that store original data or copy data of the original data, and a management device that identifies a first storage device for storing the original data and a second storage device for storing the copy data. The storage devices each include two or more data storage units different in accessibility, a data copy control unit that controls generation of the copy data, an access frequency control unit that pseudo-conforms the access frequency to the copy data to the access frequency to the original data, and a data storage location control unit that determines the storage location of the original data and the copy data based on the access frequency and accessibility.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A storage system comprising:
two or more storage devices that store original data and duplicate data of the original data; and a management device that identifies a first the storage device that stores the original data and a second the storage device that stores the duplicate data, wherein the storage devices each is provided with: two or more data storage units with different in accessibility from each other; a data duplication control unit that controls generation of the duplicate data; an access frequency control unit that pseudo-conforms access frequency to the duplicate data to access frequency to the original data; and a data storage location control unit that determines storage locations of the original data and the duplicate data based on the access frequency and the accessibility.

2 . The storage system according to claim 1 ,
further comprising a data priority control unit that determines data priority of each of the duplicate data, wherein the data storage location control unit determines the respective storage locations of the original data and the duplicate data, based on the accessibility, the access frequency, and the data priority.

3 . The storage system according to claim 2 ,
wherein, in a case where any of the storage devices has failed, the data priority control unit changes the data priority, and the storage location control unit changes the data storage location based on the access frequency, the changed data priority, and the accessibility.

4 . The storage system according to claim 1 wherein in a case where the original data is read out from the data storage unit of the first storage device, the access frequency control unit of the second storage device changes the access frequency to the duplicate data so as to agree with the access frequency of the original data.

5 . A storage device comprising:
two or more data storage units different in accessibility from each other; a data duplication control unit that controls duplication of data; an access frequency control unit that pseudo-conforms access frequency to the duplicate data to access frequency to the original data; and a data storage location control unit that determines respective storage locations of the original data and the duplicate data of the original data based on the access frequency and the accessibility.

6 . A control method of a storage device including two or more data storage units different in accessibility from each other, the method comprising:
a data duplication control step; an access frequency control step of pseudo-conforming access frequency to the duplicate data to access frequency to the original data; and a data storage location control step of determining respective storage locations of the original data and the duplicate data of the original data based on the access frequency and the accessibility.

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11 . The storage system according to any one of claim 2 ,
wherein in a case where the original data is read out from the data storage unit of the first storage device, the access frequency control unit of the second storage device changes the access frequency to the duplicate data so as to agree with the access frequency of the original data.

12 . The storage system according to any one of claim 3 ,
wherein in a case where the original data is read out from the data storage unit of the first storage device, the access frequency control unit of the second storage device changes the access frequency to the duplicate data so as to agree with the access frequency of the original data.

Assignees

• Nec Corp

Inventors

• Yamakawa Satoshi

Classifications

• G06F11/2069 Primary

  Management of state, configuration or failover · CPC title

• G06F3/0683

  Plurality of storage devices · CPC title

• G06F2201/805

  Real-time · CPC title

• G06F3/0619

  in relation to data integrity, e.g. data losses, bit errors · CPC title

• G06F3/065

  Replication mechanisms · CPC title