IP Library Patent Application 18584831
Patent Application
App. No. 18/584,831

STORAGE SYSTEM AND STORAGE SYSTEM CONTROL METHOD

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App. No.
18/584,831
Abstract

A storage system includes a plurality of storage servers that includes a storage device and a controller that processes data inputted to and outputted from the storage device, the plurality of storage servers providing a lead local volume for inputting and outputting data to and from the storage device; and a first compute server including a client, wherein the first compute server manages a free capacity of the plurality of storage servers, individually provisions storage capacity to each of the plurality of storage servers on the basis of the free capacity to provide the lead local volume, and configures a first volume on the basis of the provided plurality of lead local volumes, and provides the first volume to the client.

Claims (24)

1 . A storage system, comprising:

a plurality of storage servers that includes a storage device and a controller that processes data inputted to and outputted from the storage device, the plurality of storage servers providing a lead local volume for inputting and outputting data to and from the storage device; and

a first compute server including a client,

wherein the first compute server

manages a free capacity of the plurality of storage servers,

individually provisions a storage capacity to each of the plurality of storage servers on the basis of the free capacity to provide the lead local volume, and

configures a first volume on the basis of a plurality of the lead local volumes provided, and provides the first volume to the client.

2 . The storage system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first compute server is a server including an environment with a container execution base,

wherein the client operates on the container execution base, and

a program operating on the container execution base is used to perform management of the free capacity, storage capacity provisioning, and provision of the first volume.

3 . The storage system according to claim 2 , further comprising a second compute server which includes a client,

wherein at least one of the plurality of storage servers provides the lead local volume to each of the first compute server and the second compute server.

4 . The storage system according to claim 1 ,

wherein, in a case where the storage capacity of the first volume is increased, the first compute server refers to the free capacity of the plurality of storage servers and determines a storage server to which an increased storage capacity is to be provisioned,

wherein the storage server to which the increased storage capacity is provisioned increases the storage capacity provided as the storage capacity of the first volume.

5 . A control method for a storage system that includes:

a plurality of storage servers that includes a storage device and a controller that processes data inputted to and outputted from the storage device, the plurality of storage servers providing a lead local volume for inputting and outputting data to and from the storage device; and

a first compute server including a client,

the control method comprising:

causing a compute server to

manage a free capacity of the storage device of the plurality of storage servers,

individually provision a storage capacity to each of the plurality of storage servers on the basis of the free capacity to provide the lead local volume, and

configure a first volume on the basis of a plurality of the lead local volumes provided, and provide the first volume to the client.

Assignments (2)
DE-MERGER EFFECTIVE APRIL 1, 2024 Recorded Oct 1, 2024
From: HITACHI, LTD.
To: HITACHI VANTARA, LTD.
Reel/Frame 069083/0345 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 23, 2024
From: YAMAUCHI, YUGO; HAYASAKA, MITSUO
To: HITACHI, LTD.
Reel/Frame 066539/0697 →