Patents by Inventor Kenta Nakase

Kenta Nakase 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).

  • Device and method for controlling number of logical paths
    Patent number: 7689787
    Abstract: In a control device of a computer system in which a plurality of host computers are capable of sharing a same host interface of a storage system are provided: a VOL status monitoring portion that monitors a VOL status of each VOL mapped to the VVOL and determines whether or not the VOL status is changed, and a path number control portion that updates the number of paths connecting to a VVOL in which the VOL status has changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenta Nakase, Shinya Takeuchi, Yasufumi Uchiyama
  • DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING NUMBER OF LOGICAL PATHS
    Publication number: 20080077737
    Abstract: In a control device of a computer system in which a plurality of host computers are capable of sharing a same host interface of a storage system are provided: a VOL status monitoring portion that monitors a VOL status of each VOL mapped to the VVOL and determines whether or not the VOL status is changed, and a path number control portion that updates the number of paths connecting to a VVOL in which the VOL status has changed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2006
    Publication date: March 27, 2008
    Inventors: Kenta Nakase, Shinya Takeuchi, Yasufumi Uchiyama