Storage system and digital broadcasting system
View Patent ↗A digital broadcasting system is provided, in which an editing storage connected to plural digital image editing apparatuses can be managed as a virtual storage in a collective manner and an editing storage connected to other digital image editing apparatuses can be handled as the editing storage connected to the digital image editing apparatus. The digital broadcasting system includes a digital image editing apparatus, a storage system having an editing storage and a management storage, and a sending apparatus, wherein a first access path from the digital image editing apparatus to the editing storage and a second access path from the digital image editing apparatus through a virtual storage in the management storage are provided as access paths to the digital image data stored in the editing storage, and the access through the first and second access paths is controlled based on the use of the editing storage.
1. A storage system comprising:
a first plurality of digital data editing apparatuses;
a first editing storage to which said first plurality of digital data editing apparatuses are coupled via fiber channel network, wherein the first editing storage provides a first logical volume and a second logical volume, said first logical volume stores digital data edited by said first plurality of digital data editing apparatuses, said second logical volume stores a backup data of a digital data of said first logical volume;
a second plurality of digital data editing apparatuses;
a second editing storage to which said second plurality of digital data editing apparatuses are coupled via fiber channel network, wherein the second editing storage provides a third logical volume and a fourth logical volume, said third logical volume stores digital data edited by said second plurality of digital data editing apparatuses, said fourth logical volume stores a backup data of a digital data of said third logical volume;
a management storage to which said first plurality of digital data editing apparatuses, said first editing storage, said second plurality of digital data editing apparatuses, and said second editing storage are coupled via IP network, wherein the management storage maps said second logical volume of said first editing storage and said fourth logical volume of said second editing storage to a first virtual volume and a second virtual volume of said management storage, respectively; and
a management server which manages said second logical volume of said first editing storage and said fourth logical volume of said second editing storage as said first virtual volume and said second virtual volume of said management storage, respectively,
wherein said storage system has a first access path with which said first plurality of digital data editing apparatuses access said first logical volume via fiber channel network, a second access path with which said management server and said first plurality of digital data editing apparatuses and said second plurality of digital data editing apparatuses access said second logical volume via a cache memory of said management server and said first virtual volume, a third access path with which said second plurality of digital data editing apparatuses access said third logical volume via fiber channel network, a fourth access path with which said management server and said first plurality of digital data editing apparatuses and said second plurality of digital data editing apparatuses access said fourth logical volume via a cache memory of said management server and said second virtual volume.
2. The storage system according to claim 1 ,
wherein said first logical volume and said second logical volume form a first copy pair in which said first logical volume is defined as a primary volume directly accessed by said first plurality of digital data editing apparatuses and said second logical volume is defined as a secondary volume,
wherein said third logical volume and said fourth logical volume form a second copy pair in which said third logical volume is defined as a primary volume directly accessed by said second plurality of digital data editing apparatuses and said fourth logical volume is defined as a secondary volume.
3. The storage system according to claim 2 ,
wherein there are a synchronous state and an asynchronous state between said first logical volume and said second logical volume, and an access right of said second logical volume as the first virtual volume on said management storage is controlled based on an editing status of said first logical volume and information of said synchronous state or said asynchronous state.
4. The storage system according to claim 3 ,
wherein control of said access right and reference to a control status of said access right are performed with a virtual storage management GUI tool operated on said management storage and managing said first virtual volume and said second virtual volume, or with an access right status management GUI tool operated on one of the plurality of first digital data editing apparatuses, which is operated in synchronization with said virtual storage management GUI tool.
5. The storage system according to claim 1 ,
wherein said first virtual volume stores said digital data as a common digital format which can be used by each of said first plurality of digital data editing apparatuses, said digital data being edited by said first plurality of digital data editing apparatuses each of which having different digital formats.
6. The storage system according to claim 5 ,
wherein said digital data edited by said first plurality of digital data editing apparatuses is divided into a plurality of pieces and then stored in said first virtual volume.
7. The storage system according to claim 1 ,
wherein said management storage creates a plurality of copies of said digital data on said management storage and provides said plurality of digital data through a path connected by clustering, when providing said digital data to a sending apparatus which sends said digital data.