IP Library Granted Patent US 12,222,957
Granted Patent B2
US 12,222,957 · App. 18/243,916 · Granted Feb 11, 2025

Storage system and data backup processing method in storage system

Inventors: Kazuei Hironaka (Tokyo, JP); Masahiro Arai (Tokyo, JP); Akira Deguchi (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Hitachi Vantara, Ltd.
G06F16/27G06F11/1464G06F2201/84
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Patent No.
US 12,222,957
App. No.
18/243,916
Granted
Feb 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

To back up stored data of a storage device installed on-premise to a storage service provided by a public cloud more reliably and efficiently. A storage system according to the invention includes a storage device having first storage logical volumes (LDEVs), and a storage device having second storage LDEVs. When stored data of a first LDEV and stored data of a second LDEV are synchronized with each other, network conditions in a transfer path from the storage device to the public cloud and in a transfer path from the storage device to the public cloud are observed. The first LDEV or the second LDEV is selected as a backup source based on the network conditions.

Claims (17)

1. A storage system comprising:

a first storage device having a first logical volume;

a second storage device having a second logical volume forming a remote replication pair with the first logical volume; and

an integrated management device configured to manage the first storage device and the second storage device, wherein

stored data of the first logical volume or stored data of the second logical volume is backed up to a storage service provided by a public cloud, and

when stored data of the first logical volume and stored data of the second logical volume are synchronized, the integrated management device or the first storage device selects, based on network conditions in a transfer path from the first storage device to the public cloud and in a transfer path from the second storage device to the public cloud, the first logical volume or the second logical volume as a backup source.

2. The storage system according to claim 1 , wherein

the integrated management device selects, based on transfer costs in the transfer path from the first storage device to the public cloud and in the transfer path from the second storage device to the public cloud, the first logical volume or the second logical volume as the backup source.

3. The storage system according to claim 2 , wherein

the second storage device is installed on a cloud connected to the same network as the public cloud.

4. A data backup processing method in a storage system,

the storage system including

a first storage device having a first logical volume, and

a second storage device having a second logical volume forming a remote replication pair with the first logical volume,

the data backup processing method being used for backing up stored data of the first logical volume or stored data of the second logical volume to a storage service provided by a public cloud and comprising:

observing network conditions in a transfer path from the first storage device to the public cloud and in a transfer path from the second storage device to the public cloud when stored data of the first logical volume and stored data of the second logical volume are synchronized; and

selecting the first logical volume or the second logical volume as a backup source based on the network conditions.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 27, 2024
From: HITACHI, LTD.
To: HITACHI VANTARA, LTD.
Reel/Frame 069067/0529 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 11, 2023
From: HIRONAKA, KAZUEI; ARAI, MASAHIRO; DEGUCHI, AKIRA
To: HITACHI, LTD.
Reel/Frame 064858/0773 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2023-068518 · Apr 19, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240354312A1 · Oct 24, 2024
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