Patents by Inventor Kenichi Takamoto
Kenichi Takamoto 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).
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Patent number: 7606984Abstract: N_Port_Name information capable of distinctly identifying a host computer has seen set in a microprocessor 42 of a storage controller 40 prior to start-up of host computers 10, 20, 30; upon startup of the host computers 10, 20, 30, when the storage controller 40 receives a frame issued, then the microprocessor 42 operates to perform comparison for determining whether the N_Port_Name information stored in the frame has been already set in the microprocessor 42 and registered to the N_Port_Name list within a control table maintained. When such comparison results in match, then continue execution of processing based on the frame instruction; if comparison results in failure of match, then reject any request.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2005Date of Patent: October 20, 2009Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Akemi Sanada, Toshio Nakano, Hidehiko Iwasaki, Masahiko Sato, Kenji Muraoka, Kenichi Takamoto, Masaaki Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20090237876Abstract: A disk array device comprises: a hard disk drive module including a disk for recording information thereon and having one side that has a length substantially equal to the diameter of the disk; a battery nodule; an operation module; a fan module having at least one cooling fan; a controller module having a controller; a power supply module provided for supplying power to the modules; a circuit board to which the above-mentioned modules are connected via electrical connectors; and a substantially box-shaped chassis in which the modules and the circuit board are housed. A front surface and a rear surface of the chassis are opened in a rectangular shape. A length of one side of the opened front surface of the chassis is substantially the same length as the one side of the hard disk drive module.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2009Publication date: September 24, 2009Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Katsuyoshi Suzuki, Masahiko Sato, Kenichi Tateyama, Naoto Matsunami, Koichi Kimura, Hidehiko Iwasaki, Kenichi Takamoto, Kenji Muraoka, Takamasa Ishikawa, Nobuhiro Yokoyama, Kiyotaka Takahashi, Yoshinori Nagaiwa
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Publication number: 20090231750Abstract: A disk array unit connected to a host unit to give information thereto and receive information therefrom. The disk unit includes a plurality of disk units for storing information transmitted from the host unit and a management information recording device, formed by utilizing information storage areas in the disk units, for causing information relating to a logical unit for storing information from the host unit to correspond to information relating to the units. The invention further includes a control unit, when there is no access from the host unit to the logical unit for a predetermined time, for determining the disk units corresponding to the logical unit based on information recorded in the management information recording device and performing power saving of power supply for the disk units.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2009Publication date: September 17, 2009Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.Inventors: Kazuo Hakamata, Kenichi Takamoto, Masaaki Kobayashi
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Patent number: 7558056Abstract: A disk array device comprises: a hard disk drive module including a disk for recording information thereon and having one side that has a length substantially equal to the diameter of the disk; a battery module; an operation module; a fan module having at least one cooling fan; a controller module having a controller; a power supply module provided for supplying power to the modules; a circuit board to which the above-mentioned modules are connected via electrical connectors; and a substantially box-shaped chassis in which the modules and the circuit board are housed. A front surface and a rear surface of the chassis are opened in a rectangular shape. A length of one side of the opened front surface of the chassis is substantially the same length as the one side of the hard disk drive module.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2008Date of Patent: July 7, 2009Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Katsuyoshi Suzuki, Masahiko Sato, Kenichi Tateyama, Naoto Matsunami, Koichi Kimura, Hidehiko Iwasaki, Kenichi Takamoto, Kenji Muraoka, Takamasa Ishikawa, Nobuhiro Yokoyama, Kiyotaka Takahashi, Yoshinori Nagaiwa
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Patent number: 7554758Abstract: A disk array unit connected to a host unit to give information thereto and receive information therefrom. The disk unit includes a plurality of disk units for storing information transmitted from the host unit and a management information recording device, formed by utilizing information storage areas in the disk units, for causing information relating to a logical unit for storing information from the host unit to correspond to information relating to the units. The invention further includes a control unit, when there is no access from the host unit to the logical unit for a predetermined time, for determining the disk units corresponding to the logical unit based on information recorded in the management information recording device and performing power saving of power supply for the disk units.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2006Date of Patent: June 30, 2009Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Kazuo Hakamata, Kenichi Takamoto, Masaaki Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20090100146Abstract: In a storage system, a server apparatus and a storage apparatus are provided, while the server apparatus is connected via a LAN to one, or plural sets of computers so as to accept an access request of file data issued from the computers, whereas the storage apparatus is connected via a wide area network to the server apparatus so as to store thereinto the file data. A communication between the computers and the server apparatus is carried out by employing a network file protocol, whereas a communication between the server apparatus and the storage apparatus is performed by employing a block device protocol. The server apparatus and the storage apparatus are connected via the respective security protecting apparatus to the wide area network.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2008Publication date: April 16, 2009Inventors: Yoshiki KANO, Manabu Kitamura, Takashige Iwamura, Kenichi Takamoto
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Patent number: 7464291Abstract: According to the invention, techniques for detecting and recovering from errors occurring in disk drive subsystems having a controller and drive units connected by a fiber channel loop. Specific embodiments can provide storage subsystems, methods and apparatus for use in information processing environments, for example. Embodiments can determine when each drive is disconnected from the loop in the external storage subsystem structured by using the FC Loop, and thereupon, the FC Loop can be controlled by bridging the communication path using the PBC so that the loop is not broken.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2007Date of Patent: December 9, 2008Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Koji Nagata, Kenichi Takamoto
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Publication number: 20080263273Abstract: A disk array connected to a storage area network via a fibre channel has one or more ports each controlled by a processor. Even the disk array with one port and one processor executes online processing and backup processing at the same time while considering an online processing load. A port controller not only accepts a request from a host computer but issues a request to other storage controllers to allow online processing and backup processing to be executed at the same time. In addition, the disk array, if provided with a plurality of ports, selects ports or schedules processing depending upon the load to prevent backup processing from affecting online processing performance.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2008Publication date: October 23, 2008Inventors: Yoshiko Matsumoto, Kenichi Takamoto
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Patent number: 7441029Abstract: In a storage system, a server apparatus and a storage apparatus are provided, while the server apparatus is connected via a LAN to one, or plural sets of computers so as to accept an access request of file data issued from the computers, whereas the storage apparatus is connected via a wide area network to the server apparatus so as to store thereinto the file data. A communication between the computers and the server apparatus is carried out by employing a network file protocol, whereas a communication between the server apparatus and the storage apparatus is performed by employing a block device protocol. The server apparatus and the storage apparatus are connected via the respective security protecting apparatus to the wide area network.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2002Date of Patent: October 21, 2008Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd..Inventors: Yoshiki Kano, Manabu Kitamura, Takashige Iwamura, Kenichi Takamoto
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Patent number: 7409508Abstract: A disk array system of the type that each controller has an independent and dedicated cache. The disk array system can change control of a desired volume between desired controllers without suspending the system. When volumes are taken over between controllers, a switch-source controller de-stages data of a subject volume on the data cache to a storage subject disk to maintain the disk content reflection (coherency). Even if each controller has an independent and dedicated cache, a desired volume can be taken over between desired controllers without suspending the system. Each controller has a configuration manager which stores the controller number of a switch-destination controller to allow automatic volume take-over and automatic control by the original controller.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2005Date of Patent: August 5, 2008Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Yoichi Mizuno, Naoto Matsunami, Yasuyuki Mimatsu, Kenichi Takamoto
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Publication number: 20080168227Abstract: In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, a storage system is configured as at least one logical unit including at least one disk device; a controller for executing a read processing or a write processing of data having been stored or to be stored in the logical unit which is a destination of a read request or a write request, in response to the read request or write request transmitted from the computer, wherein the controller receives an instruction from the computer to turn on or off a disk device corresponding to the logical unit; and wherein, based on the instruction, the storage system turns on or off the disk device corresponding to the logical unit independently of disk devices corresponding to the other logical units.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2008Publication date: July 10, 2008Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Ikuya Yagisawa, Naoto Matsunami, Akihiro Mannen, Kenichi Takamoto
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Patent number: 7398367Abstract: A disk array connected to a storage area network via a fibre channel has one or more ports each controlled by a processor. Even the disk array with one port and one processor executes online processing and backup processing at the same time while considering an online processing load. A port controller not only accepts a request from a host computer but issues a request to other storage controllers to allow online processing and backup processing to be executed at the same time. In addition, the disk array, if provided with a plurality of ports, selects ports or schedules processing depending upon the load to prevent backup processing from affecting online processing performance.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2004Date of Patent: July 8, 2008Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Yoshiko Matsumoto, Kenichi Takamoto
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Publication number: 20080144277Abstract: A disk array device comprises: a hard disk drive module including a disk for recording information thereon and having one side that has a length substantially equal to the diameter of the disk; a battery module; an operation module; a fan module having at least one cooling fan; a controller module having a controller; a power supply module provided for supplying power to the modules; a circuit board to which the above-mentioned modules are connected via electrical connectors; and a substantially box-shaped chassis in which the modules and the circuit board are housed. A front surface and a rear surface of the chassis are opened in a rectangular shape. A length of one side of the opened front surface of the chassis is substantially the same length as the one side of the hard disk drive module.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2008Publication date: June 19, 2008Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Katsuyoshi Suzuki, Masahiko Sato, Kenichi Tateyama, Naoto Matsunami, Koichi Kimura, Hidehiko Iwasaki, Kenichi Takamoto, Kenji Muraoka, Takamasa Ishikawa, Nobuhiro Yokoyama, Kiyotaka Takahashi, Yoshinori Nagaiwa
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Patent number: 7386552Abstract: A data migration system is provided for migrating data between an existing file server apparatus and a new file server apparatus in a computer system that includes a plurality of host computers and a plurality of file server apparatuses that are mutually connected to one another. The data migration system on the new file server apparatus copies file attributes unique to the network attached storage (NFS) and file attributes unique to the common internet file system (CIFS) from the existing file server apparatus, and stores the file attributes without changing the file attributes in the new file server apparatus. Then actual data is moved from the existing file server to the new file server.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2002Date of Patent: June 10, 2008Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Manabu Kitamura, Kenichi Takamoto
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Patent number: 7383380Abstract: Disclosed is storage system, that is, an array-type disk apparatus which is provided with an error monitor section which monitors the status of error occurrence in a disk drive and instructs initiation of mirroring between the disk drive and a spare disk drive when the number of errors occurred of the disk drive exceeds a specified value, and a mirror section which performs mirroring between the disk drive and spare disk drive. Storage system, that is, the array-type disk apparatus may be provided with an error monitor section which monitors the status of error occurrence in a disk drive and gives such an instruction as to set the status of the disk drive in a temporary blocked state, and a data restoring section which executes data restoration by reading data from the temporary blocked disk drive when reading from another disk drive constituting a disk array group is not possible during data restoration.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2004Date of Patent: June 3, 2008Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Ikuya Yagisawa, Takeki Okamoto, Naoto Matsunami, Mikio Fukuoka, Toshio Nakano, Kenichi Takamoto, Akira Yamamoto
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Patent number: 7355806Abstract: A disk array unit connected to a host unit to give information thereto and receive information therefrom. The disk unit includes a plurality of disk units for storing information transmitted from the host unit and a management information recording device, formed by utilizing information storage areas in the disk units, for causing information relating to a logical unit for storing information from the host unit to correspond to information relating to the units. The invention further includes a control unit, when there is no access from the host unit to the logical unit for a predetermined time, for determining the disk units corresponding to the logical unit based on information recorded in the management information recording device and performing power saving of power supply for the disk units.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2005Date of Patent: April 8, 2008Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Kazuo Hakamata, Kenichi Takamoto, Masaaki Kobayashi
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Patent number: 7352571Abstract: A disk array device comprises: a hard disk drive module including a disk for recording information thereon and having one side that has a length substantially equal to the diameter of the disk; a battery module; an operation module; a fan module having at least one cooling fan; a controller module having a controller; a power supply module provided for supplying power to the modules; a circuit board to which the above-mentioned modules are connected via electrical connectors; and a substantially box-shaped chassis in which the modules and the circuit board are housed. A front surface and a rear surface of the chassis are opened in a rectangular shape. A length of one side of the opened front surface of the chassis is substantially the same length as the one side of the hard disk drive module.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2006Date of Patent: April 1, 2008Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Katsuyoshi Suzuki, Masahiko Sato, Kenichi Tateyama, Naoto Matsunami, Koichi Kimura, Hidehiko Iwasaki, Kenichi Takamoto, Kenji Muraoka, Takamasa Ishikawa, Nobuhiro Yokohama, Kiyotaka Takahashi, Yoshinori Nagaiwa
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Patent number: 7353406Abstract: In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, a storage system is configured as at least one logical unit including at least one disk device; a controller for executing a read processing or a write processing of data having been stored or to be stored in the logical unit which is a destination of a read request or a write request, in response to the read request or write request transmitted from the computer, wherein the controller receives an instruction from the computer to turn on or off a disk device corresponding to the logical unit; and wherein, based on the instruction, the storage system turns on or off the disk device corresponding to the logical unit independently of disk devices corresponding to the other logical units.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2004Date of Patent: April 1, 2008Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Ikuya Yagisawa, Naoto Matsunami, Akihiro Mannen, Kenichi Takamoto
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Patent number: 7337200Abstract: A storage sub-system employs a staging control information table by which staging of data to be read and redundant data thereof can be executed together to reduce response time in the event of a data read failure. The staging control information table also permits pre-read staging to be executed in the forward, backward or both the forward and backward directions, to reduce response time.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2005Date of Patent: February 26, 2008Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Atsushi Ishikawa, Yoshiko Matsumoto, Kenichi Takamoto
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Publication number: 20080022062Abstract: A storage apparatus and data protection method that can substantially improve the use efficiency of volumes. A virtual first volume is provided to a host apparatus, and a storage area with a necessary capacity from among one or more storage areas is dynamically allocated to the first volume in response to a write access request from the host apparatus; and write data from the host apparatus is stored in the storage area, and an access attribute representing the possibility or impossibility of access is set for the storage area.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2006Publication date: January 24, 2008Inventors: Ryuji Nagahori, Yosuke Nishi, Eiichi Sato, Kenichi Takamoto