IP Library Granted Patent US 10,379,770
Granted Patent B2
US 10,379,770 · App. 15/926,067 · Granted Aug 13, 2019

Storage system and communicating method

Inventor: Yuko Chinone (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
G06F3/0635G06F3/067G06F3/0611G06F3/0661
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Patent No.
US 10,379,770
App. No.
15/926,067
Granted
Aug 13, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A storage system according to the present invention includes: a plurality of storage devices, wherein each of a plurality of the storage devices including: a control unit; and a storage unit that stores data, wherein the control unit of the storage device that receives a request specifies the storage device that includes the storage unit in that target data targeted by the request is stored among a plurality of the storage devices, and the control unit of the storage device that is specified transmits, as a response to the request, the target data and header information in that a destination identifier indicating a destination of the request is set to a source identifier of the response, and a source identifier indicating a source of the request is set to a destination identifier of the response.

Claims (23)

1. A storage system comprising:

a plurality of storage devices, wherein

each of a plurality of the storage devices including:

a control unit; and

a storage unit that stores data, wherein

the control unit of the storage device that receives a request specifies the storage device that includes the storage unit in which target data targeted by the request is stored among the storage devices, and

the control unit of the storage device that is specified transmits, as a response to the request, the target data and header information in which a destination identifier indicating a destination of the request is set to a source identifier of the response, and a source identifier indicating a source of the request is set to a destination identifier of the response, wherein,

when the control unit of a first storage device among the storage devices receives the request transmitted from a server device, and the storage unit of a second storage device that is different from the first storage device among the storage devices stores the target data,

the control unit of the first storage device identifies the second storage device, and

the control unit of the second storage device transmits, as the response, the target data and the header information in which information indicating the first storage device is set to the source identifier of the response, information indicating the server device is set to the destination identifier of the response, and information indicating the server device is set to an originator identifier that identifies an originator starting the request.

2. The storage system according to claim 1 , wherein

the control unit of the first storage device transmits, to the second storage device, an instruction to transfer the target data to the server device, information indicating the first storage device that is the destination of the request, information indicating the server device that is the source of the request, and the originator identifier, and

the control unit of the second storage device acquires the target data from the storage unit of the second storage device based on the instruction.

3. A communicating method of a storage system that includes a plurality of storage devices, the communicating method comprising:

by a storage device that received a request, identifying the storage device having a storage unit in which target data of the request is stored among the storage devices; and

by the storage device that is identified, transmitting, as a response to the request, the target data and header information in which a destination identifier indicating a destination of the request is set to a source identifier of the response, and a source identifier indicating a source of the request is set to a destination identifier of the response

further comprising:

when, by a first storage device among the storage devices, receiving the request transmitted from a server device, and by the storage of a second storage device that is different from the first storage device among the storage devices, storing the target data,

by the first storage device, identifying the second storage device; and

by the second storage device, transmitting, as the response, the target data and the header information in which information indicating the first storage device is set to the source identifier of the response, information indicating the server device is set to the destination identifier of the response, and information indicating the server device is set to an originator identifier that identifies an originator starting the request.

4. The communicating method according to claim 3 , further comprising:

by the first storage device, transmitting, to the second storage device, an instruction to transfer the target data to the server device, information indicating the first storage device that is the destination of the request, information indicating the server device that is the source of the request, and the originator identifier; and

by the second storage device, acquiring the target data from the storage unit of the second storage device based on the instruction.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 27, 2024
From: IP WAVE PTE LTD.
To: CLOUD BYTE LLC.
Reel/Frame 067944/0332 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 27, 2024
From: NEC ASIA PACIFIC PTE LTD.
To: IP WAVE PTE LTD.
Reel/Frame 066376/0276 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 17, 2023
From: NEC CORPORATION
To: NEC ASIA PACIFIC PTE LTD.
Reel/Frame 063349/0459 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 20, 2018
From: CHINONE, YUKO
To: NEC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 045286/0521 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-061121 · Mar 27, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180275906A1 · Sep 27, 2018