Abstract: An ILM device manages data arrangement in multiple storage areas to each of which a service level (called SLA), which guarantees a service level to data, is assigned, checks whether the SLA of a storage area satisfies a required service level object (SLO) of data to which the SLO is assigned, and determines the data arrangement so that the data is stored in a storage area whose SLA satisfies the SLO. A data migration execution unit migrates the data in storage based on the data arrangement determined by the ILM device.

Abstract: A data storage system has a first storage unit and a second storage unit for storing the same data received from a plurality of higher-level devices. The first storage unit transmits sequence information representative of a sequence for storing the data received from the higher-level devices, to said second storage unit.

Abstract: An information managing system includes a parameter setting unit for setting a parameter representative of an attribute of a user and information to be retrieved, and an information relevance space generator for generating an information relevance space representative of information indicating a relevance between the user and the information to be retrieved, based on the parameter set by the parameter setting unit.

Abstract: A concealment apparatus is provided between a replication source storage and a replication destination storage, a separation between the replication source storage and the replication destination storage is replaced with a separation between the concealment apparatus and the replication destination storage and, thereby, the separation between the replication source storage and the replication destination storage is concealed from the replication source storage.

Abstract: Disclosed is a disk array system which includes a plurality of disks constituting a disk array and a backup storage for backing up data in the disk array and performs control so that when a failed disk among the disks constituting the disk array is replaced with the replacement disk, restoration of data in the replacement disk is performed using the backup device.

Abstract: Each of the sites interconnected to one another through a wide area network includes at least one client, a switch device logically disposed between the client and at least one server including a storage device, for providing to the client a file access virtually unifying of a plurality of storage devices, and an analysis device connected to the switch device. The switch device takes log information on the file access from the client. The analysis device determines data to be migrated to the server in a site to which the client belongs or the server in a site in vicinity of the site to which the client belongs, and commands the switch device to migrate the data. The switch device migrates the data based on the command from the analysis device.

Abstract: Disclosed is a storage management system including at least one client, a first server having a primary storage, a second server having a secondary storage, and an intermediate device logically arranged between the client and the first and second servers. The primary storage includes a stub file in which there is recorded the position information of the real file migrated from the primary storage to the secondary storage. The intermediate device exercises control so that, when a file access request of the primary storage of a first server, issued by the client, is received by the intermediate device, the intermediate device receives the file access request and, if the file to be accessed is a stub file, and the access request necessitates accessing to the real file, the intermediate device accesses the real file of the secondary storage using the information of the stub file to return a response.

Abstract: Disclosed is a system which includes at least one client, a plural number of file servers, each having a file system, and a switch logically arranged between the client and the plural file servers to provide file access services which virtually render the plural file services accessible as a single file system, termed a ‘pseudo file system’, when viewed from the terminal. The switch distributes a command for start of generation of snapshots to the plural file servers, which file servers formulate respective snapshots responsive to the command for start of formation of the snapshots. The switch sets the plural snapshots, generated by the plural file servers, so as to be associated with the file system structure of the virtual file system at the time of formation of the snapshots.

Abstract: Disclosed is a file access service system including at least one client, a plurality of file servers each having a function for limiting amount of use of a respective storage resource, and a switch apparatus inserted between the client and the plurality of file servers. The switch apparatus, based upon a set value of amount of use of a storage resource that has been set in the switch apparatus, sets a set value that limits amount of use of each storage resource in a respective one of the file servers. The switch apparatus surveys amount of use of each storage resource periodically in each of the file servers and, based upon the result of the survey controls the set value of the amount of use of each storage resource in each of the file servers.

Abstract: Upon picking up an image, light beams passing through a focal point of an image-forming lens are directed to an optical detector array comprising a plurality of optical detectors. Each optical detector selectively receives a light beam passing through the focal point with a particular different angle. By two-dimensionally scanning the focal point at a high speed by the use of a polygonal mirror and a vertical scanning section, a parallactic image of an object placed at a pickup/display position is picked up at a particular angle. Upon display, the parallactic image taken in a particular direction is projected from each light source of a light source array to the focal point. The focal point is two-dimensionally scanned at a high speed so that a stereoscopic image is displayed on the pickup/display position.