Patents by Inventor Kunihito Matsuki

Kunihito Matsuki 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: 9286318
    Abstract: A first edge server which is configured to provide a first home directory performs preventive processing of preventing a first file in a first home directory from overwriting a second file in a core space prior to coping an update of the first home directory to the core space. The second file is a file that has been updated in a second home directory and copied to the core space. The first file is a file that corresponds to the second file and that has been updated in the first home directory and has not been copied to the core space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Kunihito Matsuki, Hitoshi Arai, Nobuyuki Saika, Masanori Takata
  • Publication number: 20150227550
    Abstract: A first edge server which is configured to provide a first home directory performs preventive processing of preventing a first file in a first home directory from overwriting a second file in a core space prior to coping an update of the first home directory to the core space. The second file is a file that has been updated in a second home directory and copied to the core space. The first file is a file that corresponds to the second file and that has been updated in the first home directory and has not been copied to the core space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2013
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Inventors: Kunihito Matsuki, Hitoshi Arai, Nobuyuki Saika, Masanori Takata
  • Patent number: 8516191
    Abstract: A storage system has NAS apparatuses each including virtual file servers to be provided to host apparatuses, a storage apparatus including logical units, and a management apparatus for managing the NAS apparatuses and the storage apparatus. The management apparatus requests the NAS apparatuses and the storage apparatus to transfer management information, acquires the management information. The management apparatus then creates system performance information concerning the virtual file servers based on the acquired management information to display the created system performance information on a user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kunihito Matsuki, Seiichi Higaki, Koji Sonoda
  • Publication number: 20120102011
    Abstract: A storage system has NAS apparatuses each including virtual file servers to be provided to host apparatuses, a storage apparatus including logical units, and a management apparatus for managing the NAS apparatuses and the storage apparatus. The management apparatus requests the NAS apparatuses and the storage apparatus to transfer management information, acquires the management information. The management apparatus then creates system performance information concerning the virtual file servers based on the acquired management information to display the created system performance information on a user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2012
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kunihito Matsuki, Seiichi Higaki, Koji Sonoda
  • Patent number: 8117387
    Abstract: A storage system has NAS apparatuses each including virtual file servers to be provided to host apparatuses, a storage apparatus including logical units, and a management apparatus for managing the NAS apparatuses and the storage apparatus. The management apparatus requests the NAS apparatuses and the storage apparatus to transfer management information, acquires the management information. The management apparatus then creates system performance information concerning the virtual file servers based on the acquired management information to display the created system performance information on a user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi Ltd.
    Inventors: Kunihito Matsuki, Seiichi Higaki, Koji Sonoda
  • Patent number: 8099551
    Abstract: Provided is a storage controller capable of improving the access performance to the storage device by preventing an I/O access request to the storage device from being concentrated on certain I/O processors among a plurality of I/O processor, and causing the plurality of I/O processors to issue the I/O access request in a well balanced manner. With this storage control system, a plurality of stripe units are formed by striping the logical volume into a stripe size of an arbitrary storage capacity, and information regarding which I/O processor among the plurality of I/O processors will output the I/O request to which stripe unit among the plurality of stripe units is stored as the control information in the memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Naotaka Kobayashi, Kunihito Matsuki, Hiroshi Ogasawara, Youichi Gotoh
  • Publication number: 20110029732
    Abstract: Provided is a storage controller capable of improving the access performance to the storage device by preventing an I/O access request to the storage device from being concentrated on certain I/O processors among a plurality of I/O processor, and causing the plurality of I/O processors to issue the I/O access request in a well balanced manner. With this storage control system, a plurality of stripe units are formed by striping the logical volume into a stripe size of an arbitrary storage capacity, and information regarding which I/O processor among the plurality of I/O processors will output the I/O request to which stripe unit among the plurality of stripe units is stored as the control information in the memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2010
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Inventors: Naotaka Kobayashi, Kunihito Matsuki, Hiroshi Ogasawara, Youichi Gotoh
  • Publication number: 20090287887
    Abstract: A storage system has NAS apparatuses each including virtual file servers to be provided to host apparatuses, a storage apparatus including logical units, and a management apparatus for managing the NAS apparatuses and the storage apparatus. The management apparatus requests the NAS apparatuses and the storage apparatus to transfer management information, acquires the management information. The management apparatus then creates system performance information concerning the virtual file servers based on the acquired management information to display the created system performance information on a user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2008
    Publication date: November 19, 2009
    Inventors: Kunihito Matsuki, Seiichi Higaki, Koji Sonoda
  • Patent number: 7478267
    Abstract: The access control device comprises a first interface (IF) which receives access requests from a host device, and a second IF which respectively accesses one or a plurality of access destination candidates in an external device. The second IF attempts to access a particular access destination candidate if the first IF has received an access request, and outputs a judgment result indicating that a recovery has been performed if it is determined that a recovery has been performed after the access attempt has failed. The first IF detects whether there has been a recovery in the access path to the particular access destination candidate by referring to the judgment result output by the second IF.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2009
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kunihito Matsuki, Yutaka Takata, Hiroshi Ogasawara, Naotaka Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20070174457
    Abstract: A disk array system in accordance with the present invention comprises: a plurality of storage devices in which data is stored; a storage device control unit that controls storage of data in the plurality of storage devices; a connection unit connected to the storage device control unit; a first communication control unit; and a management terminal. The first communication control unit is connected to the storage device control unit via the connection unit, and connected on a first network external to the own disk array system, and transfers file data over the first network. The first communication control unit transfers data to the connection unit, and reads information on a fault occurring in the own disk array system from the plurality of storage devices so as to transfer the information to the management terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2007
    Publication date: July 26, 2007
    Inventors: Kunihito Matsuki, Yutaka Takata, Hiroshi Ogasawara, Naotaka Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20070168610
    Abstract: Provided is a storage controller capable of improving the access performance to the storage device by preventing an I/O access request to the storage device from being concentrated on certain I/O processors among a plurality of I/O processor, and causing the plurality of I/O processors to issue the I/O access request in a well balanced manner. With this storage control system, a plurality of stripe units are formed by striping the logical volume into a stripe size of an arbitrary storage capacity, and information regarding which I/O processor among the plurality of I/O processors will output the I/O request to which stripe unit among the plurality of stripe units is stored as the control information in the memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2006
    Publication date: July 19, 2007
    Inventors: Naotaka Kobayshi, Kunihito Matsuki, Hiroshi Ogasawara, Youichi Gotoh
  • Patent number: 7219144
    Abstract: A disk array system in accordance with the present invention comprises: a plurality of storage devices in which data is stored; a storage device control unit that controls storage of data in the plurality of storage devices; a connection unit connected to the storage device control unit; a first communication control unit; and a management terminal. The first communication control unit is connected to the storage device control unit via the connection unit, and connected on a first network external to the own disk array system, and transfers file data over the first network. The first communication control unit transfers data to the connection unit, and reads information on a fault occurring in the own disk array system from the plurality of storage devices so as to transfer the information to the management terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kunihito Matsuki, Yutaka Takata, Hiroshi Ogasawara, Naotaka Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20060184823
    Abstract: The access control device comprises a first interface (IF) which receives access requests from a host device, and a second IF which respectively accesses one or a plurality of access destination candidates in an external device. The second IF attempts to access a particular access destination candidate if the first IF has received an access request, and outputs a judgment result indicating a recovery if it is judged that a recovery has been performed after the access attempt has failed. The first IF detects that there has been a recovery in the access path to the particular access destination candidate by referring to the judgment result output by the second IF.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2005
    Publication date: August 17, 2006
    Inventors: Kunihito Matsuki, Yutaka Takata, Hiroshi Ogasawara, Naotaka Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20050050401
    Abstract: A disk array system in accordance with the present invention comprises: a plurality of storage devices in which data is stored; a storage device control unit that controls storage of data in the plurality of storage devices; a connection unit connected to the storage device control unit; a first communication control unit; and a management terminal. The first communication control unit is connected to the storage device control unit via the connection unit, and connected on a first network external to the own disk array system, and transfers file data over the first network. The first communication control unit transfers data to the connection unit, and reads information on a fault occurring in the own disk array system from the plurality of storage devices so as to transfer the information to the management terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2003
    Publication date: March 3, 2005
    Inventors: Kunihito Matsuki, Yutaka Takata, Hiroshi Ogasawara, Naotaka Kobayashi