Patents by Inventor Kashie Araki

Kashie Araki 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).

  • Storage apparatus and configuration setting method
    Patent number: 8291163
    Abstract: This storage apparatus has a plurality of physical devices for storing data sent from a host system, and includes a physical device group setting unit for setting a physical device group from the plurality of physical devices based on a policy file which lists matters to be operated and set by an administrator as parameters in advance, and information on the physical devices, a first logical device setting unit for setting a first logical device from the physical device group based on information on the physical device group and the policy file set with the physical device group setting unit, and a second logical device setting unit for setting a second logical device from the first logical device based the information on the first logical device and the policy file set with the first logical device setting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kashie Araki, Masanobu Yamamoto, Tomoyuki Kato, Kei Sato
  • STORAGE APPARATUS AND CONFIGURATION SETTING METHOD
    Publication number: 20120036323
    Abstract: This storage apparatus has a plurality of physical devices for storing data sent from a host system, and includes a physical device group setting unit for setting a physical device group from the plurality of physical devices based on a policy file which lists matters to be operated and set by an administrator as parameters in advance, and information on the physical devices, a first logical device setting unit for setting a first logical device from the physical device group based on information on the physical device group and the policy file set with the physical device group setting unit, and a second logical device setting unit for setting a second logical device from the first logical device based the information on the first logical device and the policy file set with the first logical device setting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2011
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Kashie Araki, Masanobu Yamamoto, Tomoyuki Kato, Kei Sato
  • Storage apparatus and configuration setting method
    Patent number: 8065483
    Abstract: This storage apparatus has a plurality of physical devices for storing data sent from a host system, and includes a physical device group setting unit for setting a physical device group from the plurality of physical devices based on a policy file which lists matters to be operated and set by an administrator as parameters in advance, and information on the physical devices, a first logical device setting unit for setting a first logical device from the physical device group based on information on the physical device group and the policy file set with the physical device group setting unit, and a second logical device setting unit for setting a second logical device from the first logical device based the information on the first logical device and the policy file set with the first logical device setting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kashie Araki, Masanobu Yamamoto, Tomoyuki Kato, Kei Sato
  • STORAGE APPARATUS AND CONFIGURATION SETTING METHOD
    Publication number: 20090240883
    Abstract: This storage apparatus has a plurality of physical devices for storing data sent from a host system, and includes a physical device group setting unit for setting a physical device group from the plurality of physical devices based on a policy file which lists matters to be operated and set by an administrator as parameters in advance, and information on the physical devices, a first logical device setting unit for setting a first logical device from the physical device group based on information on the physical device group and the policy file set with the physical device group setting unit, and a second logical device setting unit for setting a second logical device from the first logical device based the information on the first logical device and the policy file set with the first logical device setting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2009
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kashie Araki, Masanobu Yamamoto, Tomoyuki Kato, Kei Sato
  • Storage apparatus and configuration setting method
    Patent number: 7555600
    Abstract: This storage apparatus has a plurality of physical devices for storing data sent from a host system, and includes a physical device group setting unit for setting a physical device group from the plurality of physical devices based on a policy file which lists matters to be operated and set by an administrator as parameters in advance, and information on the physical devices, a first logical device setting unit for setting a first logical device from the physical device group based on information on the physical device group and the policy file set with the physical device group setting unit, and a second logical device setting unit for setting a second logical device from the first logical device based the information on the first logical device and the policy file set with the first logical device setting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2009
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kashie Araki, Masanobu Yamamoto, Tomoyuki Kato, Kei Sato
  • Storage apparatus and configuration setting method
    Publication number: 20080071984
    Abstract: This storage apparatus has a plurality of physical devices for storing data sent from a host system, and includes a physical device group setting unit for setting a physical device group from the plurality of physical devices based on a policy file which lists matters to be operated and set by an administrator as parameters in advance, and information on the physical devices, a first logical device setting unit for setting a first logical device from the physical device group based on information on the physical device group and the policy file set with the physical device group setting unit, and a second logical device setting unit for setting a second logical device from the first logical device based the information on the first logical device and the policy file set with the first logical device setting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2006
    Publication date: March 20, 2008
    Inventors: Kashie Araki, Masanobu Yamamoto, Tomoyuki Kato, Kei Sato