Patents by Inventor Hirohito Sue

Hirohito Sue has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9652340
    Abstract: A computer switching method to be performed by a computer system including a plurality of computers, a storage system, and a management computer, the plurality of computers including: a plurality of first computers and a plurality of second computers, the storage system providing a logical storage device to each of the plurality of first computers, the logical storage device including a first logical storage device which is a storage area for storing data, the computer switching method including: a step of transmitting, by the management computer, a generation request for instructing the storage system to generate a second logical storage device; a step of generating, by the management computer, change information for mapping the first logical storage device to the second logical storage device for the second computer, and transmitting a change request including the generated change information to the storage system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirohito Sue, Shingo Katano, Masayoshi Kitamura, Yoshifumi Takamoto
  • Publication number: 20150242290
    Abstract: A computer switching method to be performed by a computer system including a plurality of computers, a storage system, and a management computer, the plurality of computers including: a plurality of first computers and a plurality of second computers, the storage system providing a logical storage device to each of the plurality of first computers, the logical storage device including a first logical storage device which is a storage area for storing data, the computer switching method including: a step of transmitting, by the management computer, a generation request for instructing the storage system to generate a second logical storage device; a step of generating, by the management computer, change information for mapping the first logical storage device to the second logical storage device for the second computer, and transmitting a change request including the generated change information to the storage system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirohito Sue, Shingo Katano, Masayoshi Kitamura, Yoshifumi Takamoto
  • Patent number: 8572318
    Abstract: A management system of a storage apparatus, which exercises control so as to arrange data in a storage device of a certain tier of multiple tiers, carries out a first tier definition process (a process for distributing multiple storage devices to multiple tiers based on respective storage device types of the multiple storage devices and type/tier information that denotes the corresponding relationship between multiple storage device types and multiple tiers). Subsequent to the first tier definition process, the management system acquires performance information denoting the performance of a storage device for each of the multiple storage devices. The management system carries out a second tier definition process (a process for distributing the multiple storage devices to the multiple tiers based on the performance information of multiple storage devices such that two or more storage devices of similar performance are distributed to the same tier).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirohito Sue, Nobuyoshi Sakai, Takuya Ono
  • Publication number: 20120079193
    Abstract: A management system of a storage apparatus, which exercises control so as to arrange data in a storage device of a certain tier of multiple tiers, carries out a first tier definition process (a process for distributing multiple storage devices to multiple tiers based on respective storage device types of the multiple storage devices and type/tier information that denotes the corresponding relationship between multiple storage device types and multiple tiers). Subsequent to the first tier definition process, the management system acquires performance information denoting the performance of a storage device for each of the multiple storage devices. The management system carries out a second tier definition process (a process for distributing the multiple storage devices to the multiple tiers based on the performance information of multiple storage devices such that two or more storage devices of similar performance are distributed to the same tier).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2010
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Inventors: Hirohito Sue, Nobuyoshi Sakai, Takuya Ono