IP Library Granted Patent US 11,308,122
Granted Patent B2
US 11,308,122 · App. 16/805,901 · Granted Apr 19, 2022

Remote copy system

Inventors: Ai Satoyama (Tokyo, JP); Akira Deguchi (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
G06F16/273
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Patent No.
US 11,308,122
App. No.
16/805,901
Granted
Apr 19, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A first storage system of a remote copy system includes a data volume, a journal volume, and a storage controller. When an operation is received from a first server system, based on the operation, the storage controller executes any of a work of storing the update content by the operation in the journal volume or a work of executing the operation when the operation is received.

Claims (27)

1. A remote copy system comprising:

a primary site including a first server system and a first storage system connected to the first server system; and

a secondary site including a second server system and a second storage system connected to the second server system, wherein

the first server system and the second server system are clustered,

a virtual storage system is configured by the first storage system and the second storage system,

an asynchronous remote copy is performed with the first storage system as a copy source and the second storage system as a copy destination,

the first and second storage systems are configured to detect a failure of the second or first storage system that is a destination of the asynchronous remote copy,

the first storage system includes a data volume, a journal volume, and a storage controller, and

when an operation is received from the first server system, based on the operation, the storage controller executes any of a work of storing update content by the operation in the journal volume or a work of executing the operation after the operation is received; wherein the storage controller reflects the update content stored in the journal volume on the second server system after a failover occurs at the primary site and determines which work is executed based on a type of the operation.

2. The remote copy system according to claim 1 , wherein

the storage controller selects a method of reflecting the update content stored in the journal volume on the second server system based on the type of the operation.

3. The remote copy system according to claim 1 , wherein

the storage controller selects a method of reflecting the update content stored in the journal volume in the second server system based on a request source of the operation.

4. The remote copy system according to claim 3 , wherein

the storage controller has a table which describes a correspondence among the type of the operation, the request source of the operation, and a reflection method of the update content and selects the reflection method of the update content based on contents of the table.

5. The remote copy system according to claim 1 , wherein

when the operation is received from the first server system, the storage controller necessarily executes a work of storing the update content by the operation in the journal volume.

6. A remote copy system comprising:

a primary site including a first server system and a first storage system connected to the first server system; and

a secondary site including a second server system and a second storage system connected to the second server system, wherein

the first server system and the second server system are clustered,

a virtual storage system is configured by the first storage system and the second storage system,

an asynchronous remote copy is performed with the first storage system as a copy source and the second storage system as a copy destination,

the first and second storage systems are configured to detect a failure of the second or first storage system that is a destination of the asynchronous remote copy,

the first storage system includes a data volume, a journal volume, and a storage controller, and

when an operation is received from the first server system, based on the operation, the storage controller executes any of a work of storing update content by the operation in the journal volume or a work of executing the operation after the operation is received,

wherein the storage controller reflects the update content stored in the journal volume on the second server system after a failover occurs at the primary site and determines which work is executed based on a type of the operation.

Assignments (2)
COMPANY SPLIT Recorded Aug 20, 2024
From: HITACHI, LTD.
To: HITACHI VANTARA, LTD.
Reel/Frame 069518/0761 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 3, 2020
From: SATOYAMA, AI; DEGUCHI, AKIRA
To: HITACHI, LTD.
Reel/Frame 051987/0041 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-154963 · Aug 27, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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