Patents by Inventor Kousuke Komikado

Kousuke Komikado 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: 8108562
    Abstract: Provided is a storage subsystem capable of improving the data processing speed by balancing the load on processors and controllers. This storage subsystem includes a controller for controlling the input and output of data to and from a storage apparatus that provides to a host computer a plurality of logical units to become a storage extent for the host computer to read and write data, processes a command issued by the host computer, and has a storage resource in relation to the logical unit. The controller has a local memory for storing the command, and a processor configured from a plurality of cores for controlling the input and output of data to and from the logical unit to be subject to the input and output of the data based on the command. The local memory stores association information representing the correspondence between the plurality of logical units and the plurality of cores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kousuke Komikado, Koji Iwamitsu, Tetsuya Shirogane, Atsushi Ishikawa, Takahide Okuno, Mitsuhide Sato, Toshiaki Minami, Hiroaki Yuasa
  • Patent number: 7849260
    Abstract: Proposed is a storage controller and its control method for speeding up the processing time in response to a command in a simple manner while reducing the load of a controller that received a command targeting a non-associated logical volume. This storage controller includes a plurality of controllers for controlling the input and output of data to and from a corresponding logical unit based on a command retained in a local memory, and the local memory stores association information representing the correspondence of the logical units and the controllers and address information of the local memory in each of the controllers of a self-system and another-system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahide Okuno, Mitsuhide Sato, Toshiaki Minami, Hiroaki Yuasa, Kousuke Komikado, Koji Iwamitsu, Tetsuya Shirogane, Atsushi Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20100077106
    Abstract: Provided is a storage subsystem capable of improving the data processing speed by balancing the load on processors and controllers. This storage subsystem includes a controller for controlling the input and output of data to and from a storage apparatus that provides to a host computer a plurality of logical units to become a storage extent for the host computer to read and write data, processes a command issued by the host computer, and has a storage resource in relation to the logical unit. The controller has a local memory for storing the command, and a processor configured from a plurality of cores for controlling the input and output of data to and from the logical unit to be subject to the input and output of the data based on the command. The local memory stores association information representing the correspondence between the plurality of logical units and the plurality of cores.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2009
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Inventors: Kousuke Komikado, Koji Iwamitsu, Tetsuya Shirogane, Atsushi Ishikawa, Takahide Okuno, Mitsuhide Sato, Toshiaki Minami, Hiroaki Yuasa
  • Patent number: 7603485
    Abstract: Provided is a storage subsystem capable of improving the data processing speed by balancing the load on processors and controllers. This storage subsystem includes a controller for controlling the input and output of data to and from a storage apparatus that provides to a host computer a plurality of logical units to become a storage extent for the host computer to read and write data, processes a command issued by the host computer, and has a storage resource in relation to the logical unit. The controller has a local memory for storing the command, and a processor configured from a plurality of cores for controlling the input and output of data to and from the logical unit to be subject to the input and output of the data based on the command. The local memory stores association information representing the correspondence between the plurality of logical units and the plurality of cores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2009
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kousuke Komikado, Koji Iwamitsu, Tetsuya Shirogane, Atsushi Ishikawa, Takahide Okuno, Mitsuhide Sato, Toshiaki Minami, Hiroaki Yuasa
  • Patent number: 7395393
    Abstract: A storage control system has a host computer having one or more initiators; a storage controller having one or more targets and storage areas, and also having a security property for defining access relationships between the targets and the storage areas; and a management module for storing access correspondence relationships between the initiators and the targets. When the security property is set in the storage controller, the storage controller sets the access correspondence relationships in the management module based on the security property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2008
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinjiro Shiraki, Kousuke Komikado
  • Publication number: 20080126581
    Abstract: Provided is a storage subsystem capable of improving the data processing speed by balancing the load on processors and controllers. This storage subsystem includes a controller for controlling the input and output of data to and from a storage apparatus that provides to a host computer a plurality of logical units to become a storage extent for the host computer to read and write data, processes a command issued by the host computer, and has a storage resource in relation to the logical unit. The controller has a local memory for storing the command, and a processor configured from a plurality of cores for controlling the input and output of data to and from the logical unit to be subject to the input and output of the data based on the command. The local memory stores association information representing the correspondence between the plurality of logical units and the plurality of cores.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2007
    Publication date: May 29, 2008
    Inventors: Kousuke Komikado, Koji Iwamitsu, Tetsuya Shirogane, Atsushi Ishikawa, Takahide Okuno, Mitsuhide Sato, Toshiaki Minami, Hiroaki Yuasa
  • Publication number: 20080126668
    Abstract: Proposed is a storage controller and its control method for speeding up the processing time in response to a command in a simple manner while reducing the load of a controller that received a command targeting a non-associated logical volume. This storage controller includes a plurality of controllers for controlling the input and output of data to and from a corresponding logical unit based on a command retained in a local memory, and the local memory stores association information representing the correspondence of the logical units and the controllers and address information of the local memory in each of the controllers of a self-system and another-system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2007
    Publication date: May 29, 2008
    Inventors: Takahide Okuno, Mitsuhide Sato, Toshiaki Minami, Hiroaki Yuasa, Kousuke Komikado, Koji Iwamitsu, Tetsuya Shirogane, Atsushi Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20070067591
    Abstract: A storage control system has a host computer having one or more initiators; a storage controller having one or more targets and storage areas, and also having a security property for defining access relationships between the targets and the storage areas; and a management module for storing access correspondence relationships between the initiators and the targets. When the security property is set in the storage controller, the storage controller sets the access correspondence relationships in the management module based on the security property.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2005
    Publication date: March 22, 2007
    Inventors: Shinjiro Shiraki, Kousuke Komikado
  • Publication number: 20060031637
    Abstract: This invention provides copy techniques for a disk array device group effectively applied to the process wherein multigenerational differential data group controlled by local side storage is remote-copied to remote side storage and controlled therein, while maintaining the data consistency between the multigenerational differential data groups. The system has a disk array device of a local site and a disk array device of a remote site. In this system, control is performed so that data of plural sub-volumes of the disk array device on the local site side are remote-copied to a primary volume of the disk array device on the remote site side, and a pair state and pair cancellation between a primary volume and each of the sub-volumes can be controlled even during the remote copy. Further, when creating sub-volumes, differential data from previous data of the sub-volumes are created and stored into the sub-volumes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2004
    Publication date: February 9, 2006
    Inventors: Kousuke Komikado, Koji Nagata