Abstract: The present invention makes it possible to maintain availability and scale out file performance, while suppressing costs. A unified storage has a plurality of controllers and a storage apparatus (storage device unit), and each of the plurality of controllers is equipped with one or more main processors (CPU) and one or more channel adapters (FE-I/F). Each main processor causes a block storage control program to operate and thereby process data inputted to and outputted from the storage apparatus, each channel adapter has a processor (CPU) that performs transmission and reception to and from a main processor after receiving an access request, and the processors in the plurality of channel adapters cooperate to cause a distributed file system to operate, and distributively store data, written as a file, to the plurality of controllers.

Abstract: Provided is a storage system to improve a compression effect of data compression. A NAS that, when data of a chunk included in a content matches with data of a chunk of another content, collects data of the chunks as a duplicate chunk storage content, performs compression processing on the duplicate chunk storage content, and stores the compressed duplicate chunk storage content in a storage device. A processor of a NAS head specifies, when data of a chunk included in a predetermined content matches with data of a chunk of another content, a duplicate chunk storage content, in which a chunk similar to the chunks is stored, based on feature information on the chunks, and writes the chunks to the specified duplicate chunk storage content.

Abstract: A computer system includes a NoSQL/SQL cluster and a distributed storage. In order to make storage target data redundant, a compute node in the NoSQL/SQL cluster instructs other compute nodes in the NoSQL/SQL cluster to write the storage target data into the distributed storage. As regards a file containing the storage target data, the compute node in the NoSQL/SQL cluster deduplicates data in storage apparatuses of a plurality of storage nodes in the distributed storage. The distributed storage performs erasure coding to store a file of the storage target data newly found to be duplicate in deduplication and to store a file of the storage target data not deduplicated in deduplication.

Abstract: When an operation request of a file is made, a first storage system performs an operation of the file stored in the first storage system on the basis of the operation request, describes, in an operation log, a counter value of a management information file, associated with the file on which the operation is to be performed, together with operation content with respect to the file, replies to the operation request, and updates the counter value of the management information file when the file stored in the first storage system is transferred to a second storage system.

Abstract: A computer system includes a NoSQL/SQL cluster and a distributed storage. In order to make storage target data redundant, a compute node in the NoSQL/SQL cluster instructs other compute nodes in the NoSQL/SQL cluster to write the storage target data into the distributed storage. As regards a file containing the storage target data, the compute node in the NoSQL/SQL cluster deduplicates data in storage apparatuses of a plurality of storage nodes in the distributed storage. The distributed storage performs erasure coding to store a file of the storage target data newly found to be duplicate in deduplication and to store a file of the storage target data not deduplicated in deduplication.

Abstract: In order to quickly recover a management information file, an Edge file storage stores user files and a management information file that manages management states of the user files in the Edge file storage. The Edge file storage manages operation logs indicating operation contents concerning user files accepted by nodes in association with the respective nodes. The Edge file storage extracts operation logs for a user file associated with a targeted management information file as a management information file stored in a failed node from the operation logs corresponding to the nodes. The Edge file storage aggregates operation logs that are extracted from the operation logs corresponding to the nodes and are used for the user file associated with the targeted management information file. The Edge file storage recovers the targeted management information file based on the aggregated operation log.

Abstract: The number of inter-node communications in inter-node deduplication can be reduced and both performance stability and high capacity efficiency can be achieved. A storage drive of storage nodes stores files that are not deduplicated in the plurality of storage nodes, duplicate data storage files in which deduplicated duplicate data is stored, and cache data storage files in which cache data of duplicate data stored in another storage node is stored, in which when a read access request for the cache data is received, the processors of the storage nodes read the cache data if the cache data is stored in the cache data storage file, and request another storage node to read the duplicate data related to the cache data if the cache data is discarded.

Abstract: A distributed storage places data units and parity units constituting a stripe formed by divided data into storage nodes in a distributed manner. In reference to determination formulas, either a full-stripe parity calculation method or an RPM parity calculation method is selected so as to minimize an amount of network traffic.

Abstract: When an operation request of a file is made, a first storage system performs an operation of the file stored in the first storage system on the basis of the operation request, describes, in an operation log, a counter value of a management information file, associated with the file on which the operation is to be performed, together with operation content with respect to the file, replies to the operation request, and updates the counter value of the management information file when the file stored in the first storage system is transferred to a second storage system.

Abstract: A storage system is capable of sharing files between a plurality of sites each having a storage which provides a file system without having to mutually hold the associated files of all files between such sites. The storage has a storage apparatus storing data of a file and a controller connected to the storage apparatus; the storage system includes an associated file which is associated with the file and refers to the file; when the file is to be updated, the controller updates the file and the associated file based on a reference status from the associated file; and when an access request for accessing a file stored in another site is received, the controller makes an inquiry to the other site, and creates an associated file for accessing the file corresponding to the access request in a site of a controller that received the access request.

Abstract: Provided is an edge storage having a central processing unit (CPU). The edge storage is connected to another storage device capable of deduplicating and managing a data of a file in units of a predetermined chunk via a network, in which, when a data of a newly created file or an updated file is transferred to the other storage device, the CPU determines whether to transmit a difference portion to a core storage or to transmit a finger print of a difference chunk to the core storage, based on a size of the difference portion and a size of the finger print of the difference chunk which is a chunk including the difference portion and transmits the difference portion or the finger print to the core storage according to a determination result.

Abstract: To attempt to reduce a processing load by making it unnecessary to perform a task of searching for similar data when a delta compression process is performed. A storage system has a deduplication function of performing deduplication on a plurality of duplicate pieces of the data and a delta compression function of storing differences between a plurality of similar pieces of the data. When a write request to update the stored data is received, in a case where the deduplication has been performed on the data before being updated according to the write request, and the data after being updated does not share duplicate data with second data, a processor of the storage system performs the delta compression of generating and storing a difference between the data before being updated and the data after being updated.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to properly secure the consistency of data while suppressing a processing load of a controller on a processor. A storage system includes a plurality of controllers and an HCA that can directly access a memory and can communicate with the controllers. The controller includes a CPU, and a memory having a buffer region into which data is temporarily stored and a cache region into which data is cached. In the case where new data according to a write request is stored into the buffer region, the CPU of the controller sequentially transfers the new data to the cache regions using the HCA without passing through the other buffer regions.

Abstract: When an operation request of a file is made, a first storage system performs an operation of the file stored in the first storage system on the basis of the operation request, describes, in an operation log, a counter value of a management information file, associated with the file on which the operation is to be performed, together with operation content with respect to the file, replies to the operation request, and updates the counter value of the management information file when the file stored in the first storage system is transferred to a second storage system.

Abstract: In a distributed file system, a distributed FS server manages and stores main body data of a file in the distributed FS server or a cloud storage, and stores management information of the main body data, the distributed FS server that received an I/O request from a client specifies the distributed FS server that manages the management information of a target file, and transmits a transfer I/O request for executing I/O processing of the target file, the specified distributed FS server executes processing for the main body data of the target file with respect to the main body data based on the management information corresponding to a target file of the transfer I/O request, and returns a result of the I/O processing to the distributed FS server which is a request source, and the distributed FS server which is the request source returns the returned result to the client.

Abstract: The number of inter-node communications in inter-node deduplication can be reduced and both performance stability and high capacity efficiency can be achieved. A storage drive of storage nodes stores files that are not deduplicated in the plurality of storage nodes, duplicate data storage files in which deduplicated duplicate data is stored, and cache data storage files in which cache data of duplicate data stored in another storage node is stored, in which when a read access request for the cache data is received, the processors of the storage nodes read the cache data if the cache data is stored in the cache data storage file, and request another storage node to read the duplicate data related to the cache data if the cache data is discarded.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to properly secure the consistency of data while suppressing a processing load of a controller on a processor. A storage system includes a plurality of controllers and an HCA that can directly access a memory and can communicate with the controllers. The controller includes a CPU, and a memory having a buffer region into which data is temporarily stored and a cache region into which data is cached. In the case where new data according to a write request is stored into the buffer region, the CPU of the controller sequentially transfers the new data to the cache regions using the HCA without passing through the other buffer regions.

Abstract: A distributed storage places data units and parity units constituting a stripe formed by divided data into storage nodes in a distributed manner. In reference to determination formulas, either a full-stripe parity calculation method or an RPM parity calculation method is selected so as to minimize an amount of network traffic.

Abstract: A storage system and a data migration method that appropriately migrate data without adding a device are provided. The storage system includes one or more nodes. A data migration section instructs a data processing section to migrate data of a migration source system to a migration destination system. When the data processing section receives the instruction to migrate the data, and stub information of the data exists, the data processing section reads the data from the migration source system based on the stub information, instructs the migration destination system to write the data, and deletes the stub information. When the migration of the data is completed, the data migration section instructs the migration source system to delete the data.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to properly secure the consistency of data while suppressing a processing load of a controller on a processor. A storage system includes a plurality of controllers and an HCA that can directly access a memory and can communicate with the controllers. The controller includes a CPU, and a memory having a buffer region into which data is temporarily stored and a cache region into which data is cached. In the case where new data according to a write request is stored into the buffer region, the CPU of the controller sequentially transfers the new data to the cache regions using the HCA without passing through the other buffer regions.