Abstract: A laminated gasket (13) to be used for a medical syringe is provided, which includes a main body (14) made of an elastic material, and a film (15) provided on a surface of the main body (14). The gasket (13) has a circumferential surface portion (17) to be brought into contact with an inner peripheral surface (16) of a syringe barrel (11) of the syringe. The gasket (13) further includes a projection (22) provided on a surface portion of the film (15) present in the circumferential surface portion (17) as extending circumferentially of the gasket. The projection (22) has a height of not less than 15 ?m and not greater than 55 ?m and a width of not less than 30 ?m and not greater than 75 ?m. With this arrangement, the laminated gasket is excellent in sealability.

Abstract: A storage system including a processor performs a process for providing a volume including a plurality of areas to one or more hosts. One or more storage devices are connected to the processor and store data of the volume, in which each of a plurality of nodes monitors a load of the volume provided by an own node and loads of areas obtained by dividing an area of the volume into a plurality of the areas, and a first node determining that the load of the one volume being monitored is equal to or more than a threshold value migrates a portion of the area included in the one volume to a volume of a second node different from the first node according to the load of the areas obtained by dividing the area of the one volume into the plurality of areas and a policy of load sharing.

Abstract: A computer system is constituted by a plurality of physical computers including a first physical computer and a second physical computer. One or more application instances that perform an application service and a storage service instance that provides a storage service including a volume used by the application instance operate on the first physical computer. The computer system predicts a future resource usage status of the first physical computer, creates a plan to move the one or more application instances operating on the first physical computer to the second physical computer based on the predicted future resource usage status, and executes the created plan.

Abstract: In a distributed storage system that has a plurality of computer nodes having processors and a storage drive and that provides a volume, each of the plurality of computer nodes provides a sub-volume, the processor of the computer node manages settings of each sub-volume of the computer node, the volume can be configured by using a plurality of sub-volumes provided by the plurality of computer nodes, and the sub-volumes include a plurality of logical storage areas formed by being allocated with physical storage areas of the storage drive. The plurality of computer nodes move the logical storage areas between the sub-volumes that belong to the same volume and that are provided by different computer nodes.

Abstract: A storage system including a processor performs a process for providing a volume including a plurality of areas to one or more hosts. One or more storage devices are connected to the processor and store data of the volume, in which each of a plurality of nodes monitors a load of the volume provided by an own node and loads of areas obtained by dividing an area of the volume into a plurality of the areas, and a first node determining that the load of the one volume being monitored is equal to or more than a threshold value migrates a portion of the area included in the one volume to a volume of a second node different from the first node according to the load of the areas obtained by dividing the area of the one volume into the plurality of areas and a policy of load sharing.

Abstract: In a distributed storage system, a volume classifier classifies a plurality of volumes into a plurality of groups on the basis of a fluctuation cycle of a load in each volume, a processor (a resource classifier) calculates a total load obtained by summing the loads of the plurality of volumes on the same node within a group at each time and calculates a group load on the basis of a peak of the total load, and the processor of one node (a rebalancer) calculates the group load on a movement destination node in a case where a volume as a movement candidate in rebalancing that moves the volume between nodes is moved from a movement source node to the movement destination node, determines a volume to be moved in the rebalancing and a movement destination volume on the basis of the calculated group load on the movement destination node, and performs the rebalancing.

Abstract: A computer system is constituted by a plurality of physical computers including a first physical computer and a second physical computer. One or more application instances that perform an application service and a storage service instance that provides a storage service including a volume used by the application instance operate on the first physical computer. The computer system predicts a future resource usage status of the first physical computer, creates a plan to move the one or more application instances operating on the first physical computer to the second physical computer based on the predicted future resource usage status, and executes the created plan.

Abstract: Example implementations described herein are directed to systems and methods involving an application running on a host computer and configured to manage storage infrastructure. The application not only manages resources already allocated to itself, but also manages the allocation and de-allocation of resources to itself. The resources can be allocated and de-allocated based on the type of process being executed, wherein upon occurrence of a failure on a primary storage system, higher priority processes that are executed on connected failover storage system nodes are given priority while the lower priority processes of such failover storage system nodes are disabled.

Abstract: A highly accurate data migration pattern is decided on the bases of usages of a plurality of kinds of resources and by taking influence of execution of data migration on each resource into consideration. In a distributed storage system, a monitor acquires a per-period usage of each of the plurality of kinds of the resources per data, a performance simulator estimates a per-period usage of each resource on a migration destination node when the data is migrated by using the acquired per-data resource usage and calculates an estimate of a latency from the estimated usage of each resource and an optimizer decides a migration pattern of the data on the basis of the estimate of the latency.

Abstract: A highly accurate data migration pattern is decided on the bases of usages of a plurality of kinds of resources and by taking influence of execution of data migration on each resource into consideration. In a distributed storage system, a monitor acquires a per-period usage of each of the plurality of kinds of the resources per data, a performance simulator estimates a per-period usage of each resource on a migration destination node when the data is migrated by using the acquired per-data resource usage and calculates an estimate of a latency from the estimated usage of each resource and an optimizer decides a migration pattern of the data on the basis of the estimate of the latency.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a thermoelectric converter includes filling each of a plurality of through-holes in each of a plurality of resin films with fillers containing a plurality of thermoelectric material particles. At this time, a part of the filler is extruded from each through-hole. In this state, the plurality of resin films are stacked together. A top-surface protection member having top-surface conductor patterns is stacked on one side of the plurality of resin films. A back-surface protection member having back-surface conductor patterns is stacked on the other side of the plurality of resin films. Thus, an integrated stacked body is formed. The integrated stacked body is then heated and pressurized. A plurality of thermoelectric material particles are thereby sintered to form the first and second thermoelectric members.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a syringe gasket which is improved in liquid drug sealability by forming a minute projection on a circumferential surface of the gasket after demolding the gasket. In a method for producing a syringe gasket including a cylindrical main body (2) made of an elastic material and an inert resin film (3) laminated on a surface of the main body (2), at least one minute projection (5) is formed as extending circumferentially of the gasket on a surface of the inert resin film (3) laminated on the main body (2) by thermal processing using a laser beam.

Abstract: In some examples, a system may include a computing device in communication with at least one storage device. Initially, the computing device may execute a first type of storage software which stores a first volume in a first storage format on the storage device. The computing device may thereafter execute a second type of storage software which configures a second volume in a second storage format on the storage device. Subsequently, the data of the first volume is migrated to the second volume where the data is stored in the second storage format. In some cases, the second storage software may further define a virtual external device on the storage device and define a logical path from the virtual external device to the first volume. The logical path may be used to migrate the data from the first volume to the second volume.

Abstract: A storage system includes a plurality of nodes connected with a network and configured to provide volumes, a plurality of drive units; and a management system. Each of the plurality of drive units consists of a plurality of storage drives and is accessible from one or more of the plurality of nodes without intervention of the other nodes. The management system or one of the plurality of nodes is configured to determine number of storage drives to be included in a new distribution range to distribute data of a first volume based on access frequency to the first volume.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a thermoelectric converter includes filling each of a plurality of through-holes in each of a plurality of resin films with fillers containing a plurality of thermoelectric material particles. At this time, a part of the filler is extruded from each through-hole. In this state, the plurality of resin films are stacked together. A top-surface protection member having top-surface conductor patterns is stacked on one side of the plurality of resin films. A back-surface protection member having back-surface conductor patterns is stacked on the other side of the plurality of resin films. Thus, an integrated stacked body is formed. The integrated stacked body is then heated and pressurized. A plurality of thermoelectric material particles are thereby sintered to form the first and second thermoelectric members.

Abstract: In some examples, a system may include a computing device in communication with at least one storage device. Initially, the computing device may execute a first type of storage software which stores a first volume in a first storage format on the storage device. The computing device may thereafter execute a second type of storage software which configures a second volume in a second storage format on the storage device. Subsequently, the data of the first volume is migrated to the second volume where the data is stored in the second storage format. In some cases, the second storage software may further define a virtual external device on the storage device and define a logical path from the virtual external device to the first volume. The logical path may be used to migrate the data from the first volume to the second volume.

Abstract: Medical syringe having a gasket excellent in sealability and slidability. The syringe includes a hollow cylindrical syringe barrel (11) and a gasket (13) fitted in syringe barrel (11). Gasket (13) includes a main body of an elastic material laminated with an inert resin film and has a circumferential surface portion (17) substantially maintained in contact with an inner surface (16) of syringe barrel (11). Gasket 13 also has an annular projection (22), provided on circumferential surface portion (17), extending circumferentially of circumferential surface portion (17). Projection (22) has a contact surface portion maintained in contact with inner surface (16) of syringe barrel (11) and having a width of 30 ?m to 40 ?m. Circumferential surface portion (17) has non-contact surface portions located out of contact with inner surface (16) of syringe barrel (11) on widthwise opposite sides of projection (22) and having a width of at least 30 ?m.

Abstract: A laminated gasket (13) to be used for a medical syringe is provided, which includes a main body (14) made of an elastic material, and a film (15) provided on a surface of the main body (14). The gasket (13) has a circumferential surface portion (17) to be brought into contact with an inner peripheral surface (16) of a syringe barrel (11) of the syringe. The gasket (13) further includes a projection (22) provided on a surface portion of the film (15) present in the circumferential surface portion (17) as extending circumferentially of the gasket. The projection (22) has a height of not less than 15 ?m and not greater than 55 ?m and a width of not less than 30 ?m and not greater than 75 ?m. With this arrangement, the laminated gasket is excellent in sealability.

Abstract: Example implementations described herein are directed to systems and methods involving an application running on a host computer and configured to manage storage infrastructure. The application not only manages resources already allocated to itself, but also manages the allocation and de-allocation of resources to itself. The resources can be allocated and de-allocated based on the type of process being executed, wherein upon occurrence of a failure on a primary storage system, higher priority processes that are executed on connected failover storage system nodes are given priority while the lower priority processes of such failover storage system nodes are disabled.

Abstract: A laminated gasket (13) to be used for a medical syringe is provided, which includes a main body (14) made of an elastic material, and a film (15) provided on a surface of the main body (14). The gasket (13) has a circumferential surface portion (17) to be brought into contact with an inner peripheral surface (16) of a syringe barrel (11) of the syringe. The gasket (13) further includes a projection (22) provided on a surface portion of the film (15) present in the circumferential surface portion (17) as extending circumferentially of the gasket. The projection (22) has a height of not less than 15 ?m and not greater than 55 ?m and a width of not less than 30 ?m and not greater than 75 ?m. With this arrangement, the laminated gasket is excellent in sealability.