Abstract: A save control section included in a storage apparatus continuously performs writeback by which a data group is read out from a plurality of storage sections of the storage apparatus and by which the data group is saved in a data group storage section of the storage apparatus, or staging by which a data group saved in the data group storage section is distributed and stored in the plurality of storage sections according to storage areas of the data group storage section which store a plurality of data groups. An output section of the storage apparatus outputs in block a data group including the data stored in each of the plurality of storage sections. The data group storage section has the storage areas for storing a data group.

Abstract: The information processing apparatus, which is a control apparatus which performs access control and copy control of a disk unit, forms a storage apparatus together with the disk unit. The copy controller manages copy sessions. A copy session is a unit of management of copying a copy source data area on a copy source disk to a copy destination data area on a copy destination disk. A copy session management unit, when there is a plurality of copy sessions, performs scheduling of the plurality of copy sessions with the disk unit being the copy destination disk, and notifies a copy controller controlling the copy source disk of the schedule. An execution unit which has been notified of the schedule executes a copy of a copy session according to the schedule.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a novel thiosulfonate compound, a reversible cationization agent for protein and/or peptide, which can reversibly cationize a wider range of proteins and peptides with high stability of quality and accuracy and which are useful for a high degree of purification and recovery, as well as, a method for solubilization for protein and/or peptide using the agent. The present invention is a thiosulfonate compound having three or more cations derived from a quaternary ammonium group within one molecule.

Abstract: A storage device includes a memory and a control device. The control device allocates a first storage region out of a plurality of storage regions to a first logical address specified by an external device. The control device stores, in the memory, first information associating the first logical address with a first physical address indicating the first storage region. The control device deletes, upon accepting a request for release of a second storage region indicated by a second physical address associated with a second logical address specified by the external device, second information associating the second logical address with the second physical address from the memory. The control device releases, when copy process of copying first data stored in the second storage region is unexecuted, the second storage region after finishing the copy process.

Abstract: A storage apparatus includes a storage module, a memory having areas storing data to be copied to the storage device, a saving buffer for temporarily saving the data stored in the areas, a control module for executing receiving a write request including the data to be stored in the storage apparatus, storing the data included in the write request to the storage module and one area, saving the data stored in the one area to the saving buffer when the number of areas which the copying is executed is not less than the threshold value, copying the data stored in the one area to the storage device or writing the saved data stored in the saving buffer to the one area when the number of areas which the copying is executed is less than the threshold value, determining the threshold value in accordance with an amount of the write request.

Abstract: A storage apparatus includes a copy control unit for managing a copy session for copying an copy source data area in at least one of the first to the Mth copy source disk groups to an copy destination data area in a corresponding copy destination disk group, setting a first to an Mth copy session groups, each of the copy session groups including one or more copy sessions from the ith copy source disk group to the ith copy destination disk group as the copy session, and performing repeatedly a selection operation for cyclically selecting a copy session from each of the first to the Mth copy session groups in a predetermined sequence and a control operation for cyclically executing copy processing on a predetermined copy processing unit basis for the M copy sessions selected by the selection operation in a predetermined sequence for a prescribed number of times.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a novel thiosulfonate compound, a reversible cationization agent for protein and/or peptide, which can reversibly cationize a wider range of proteins and peptides with high stability of quality and accuracy and which are useful for a high degree of purification and recovery, as well as, a method for solubilization for protein and/or peptide using the agent. The present invention is a thiosulfonate compound having three or more cations derived from a quaternary ammonium group within one molecule.

Abstract: A storage system includes a first storage unit, a second storage unit and a controller to receive a write request for updated data to a first storage unit from the host and write the updated data into the first storage area, when the controller determines that there is not a free area in a storage area to be processed in the second storage unit, the controller changes the storage area to be processed to another storage area to be processed and instructs change of a storage area to be processed to another storage system to be connected to the host, and the controller reads the updated data from the first storage unit and transmits the updated data and writing destination information relating to the updated data to another storage system for backup.

Abstract: A storage apparatus includes a memory that stores data groups, a rearranging unit that rearranges a transmission group order of the data groups based on each of storage positions in a storage device provided in a copy destination storage apparatus in which the each of data groups is to be stored, and a transmitting unit that transmits the data groups rearranged by the rearranging unit to the copy destination storage apparatus.

Abstract: A system and method of controlling copying including a management table for managing an update target data in a first storage volume and stored locations of before-update data of the update target data in a second storage volume, and relocating data in the second storage volume upon confirming a predetermined range of the first storage volume has been copied into the second storage volume using the management table.

Abstract: A RAID control apparatus and control method. The RAID control apparatus includes disk devices and disk control devices including a cache memory that stores cache data of a logical unit, and control unit, upon the logical units present in different disk devices being concatenated to each other, switching in-charge disk control devices such that a disk control device is in charge of access to the concatenated logical units without writing back the cache data stored in a cache memory of a source disk control device to the disk device.

Abstract: A signal transmitting device includes a transmitter, a receiver, and four optical fibers. The transmitter includes a first electro-optical converter electro-optically converting original electrical red video signal into optical red video signal in original video signal, a second electro-optical converter electro-optically converting original electrical green video signal into optical green video signal a third electro-optical converter electro-optically converting original electrical blue video signal into optical blue video signal, a parallel/serial converter converting original electrical parallel signal having a lower transfer rate than a transfer rate of the original video signal into original electrical serial signal, and a fourth electro-optical converter electro-optically converting the original electrical serial signal transmitted from the parallel/serial converter into optical serial signal.

Abstract: A backing-up apparatus, upon receiving an instruction to execute backing up, allocates a storage area to store a snapshot to be produced to each time point indicated by the instruction. When the original data is updated after the time point indicated by the instruction, it is checked that the original data corresponding to the place to which the updating has been executed at a time point immediately before the time point indicated by the instruction is stored in the storage area allocated as the storage area to store the latest snapshot produced for the immediately previous time point. When it has been confirmed that the original data is not stored, the original data immediately before the updating corresponding to the place to which the updating has been executed is stored in only the storage area to store the latest snapshot.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of intracellular introduction by which a protein and/or peptide can be efficiently introduced into living cells and which makes it possible to effectively analyze the behavior and function of the protein and/or peptide introduced and can be suitably utilized/applied, for example in the technology “live cell imaging” which realizes the immunohistochemical visualization in living cells under physiological conditions. The method of intracellular introduction is a method for introducing a protein and/or peptide into a cell, which comprises the process of introducing a conjugate generated by binding of a compound adsorbable on a cell surface to a protein and/or peptide via a polysulfide bond into a cell and treating with a reducing agent.

Abstract: An apparatus including: a first storage for storing first data; second storages for storing the first data; a storage controller for storing the first data stored in the first storage into the second storage; a third storage for saving data including second data; a saving device for reading the data and saving the data in the third storage; a data set output device for outputting the data to a copy destination device; a restoration device for storing the data saved in the third storage into available ones of the second storages; and a suspending device for causing the data set output device to output all of the data stored in the second storage to the copy destination device and then suspending the output of the data by the data set output device to the copy destination device to place the data set output device in a suspend state.

Abstract: A save control section included in a storage apparatus continuously performs writeback by which a data group is read out from a plurality of storage sections of the storage apparatus and by which the data group is saved in a data group storage section of the storage apparatus, or staging by which a data group saved in the data group storage section is distributed and stored in the plurality of storage sections according to storage areas of the data group storage section which store a plurality of data groups. An output section of the storage apparatus outputs in block a data group including the data stored in each of the plurality of storage sections. The data group storage section has the storage areas for storing a data group.

Abstract: A storage apparatus capable of copying data to a destination apparatus includes storages including a plurality of volumes for storing data, memories for temporarily storing data to be copied to the destination apparatus, and processors for controlling to copy the data, each processor being configured to manage the memories and parts of the volumes, respectively, and wherein one processor executes storing received write data to one memory and the part, detecting each data amounts stored in the memories when an data amount of one memory is greater than a predetermined amount, allocating management of a part of the part managed by the one processor to other processor when the amount of the data stored in the one memory is greater than an amount calculated by using the data stored in the memories, and transmitting the data stored in the memories to the destination apparatus.

Abstract: A storage apparatus includes a storage module, a memory having areas storing data to be copied to the storage device, a saving buffer for temporarily saving the data stored in the areas, a control module for executing receiving a write request including the data to be stored in the storage apparatus, storing the data included in the write request to the storage module and one area, saving the data stored in the one area to the saving buffer when the number of areas which the copying is executed is not less than the threshold value, copying the data stored in the one area to the storage device or writing the saved data stored in the saving buffer to the one area when the number of areas which the copying is executed is less than the threshold value, determining the threshold value in accordance with an amount of the write request.

Abstract: A signal communication apparatus includes a transmission component, a reception component and an identification information storage component. The transmission component is connectable to an information processing device and a signal propagation medium, and transmits an inputted image signal through the connected signal propagation medium. The reception component is connectable with an image display device and the signal propagation medium, receives the image signal transmitted from the transmission component through the connected signal propagation medium, and outputs the image signal to the connected image display device. The identification information storage component is removably attached to the transmission component, and stores identification information for identifying the image display device.

Abstract: A cache managing unit creates a list of elements corresponding to each data block arranged based on a priority of writing data blocks to a magnetic disk apparatus, and when a group of elements corresponding to data blocks to be written to the same magnetic disk apparatus exists, provides a link connecting elements at both ends of the group. A write control unit searches, upon selecting a data block for writing, elements belonging to the list in descending order of priority, and if a link is set at an element corresponding to a data block to be written to a magnetic disk that cannot perform a writing, follows the link to search a subsequent element.