Storage management method, storage management program, storage management apparatus, and storage management system

Apparatus and method to establish a logical configuration for a data storage library

System managing a plurality of virtual volumes and a virtual volume management method for the system

Storage capacity allocation control apparatus and method thereof

Storage apparatus and control method for same

Storage system managing information in accordance with changes in the storage system configuration

Using priority to determine whether to queue an input/output (I/O) request directed to storage

Storage system and control method of storage system

Storage device and method of setting configuration information of same

STORAGE SYSTEM AND VOLUME MANAGING METHOD FOR STORAGE SYSTEM

System and method for reclaiming unused space from a thinly provisioned data container

Systems and methods for performing storage operations using network attached storage

Method and apparatus for virtual network attached storage remote migration

Information processing apparatus and informaiton processing method

Storage system, volume allocation method and management apparatus

Computer system and command execution frequency control method

Storage system and method of taking over logical unit in storage system

HIGH AVAILABILITY AND LOW CAPACITY THIN PROVISIONING

Data processing system and storage area allocation method thereof

Storage area network file system

Arrangements identifying related resources having correlation with selected resource based upon a detected performance status

System architecture for implementing virtual disk service equipment

Virtualization of groups of devices

COMPUTER SYSTEM AND OPERATION TAKEOVER METHOD

Volume providing system calling two processes executing the same program code and exchanging information between the two processes

Method of identifying and dynamically updating storage device status at target

PROXYING MULTIPLE INITIATORS AS A VIRTUAL INITIATOR USING IDENTIFIER RANGES

Storage system and management method thereof

Storage control system including virtualization and control method for same

STORAGE SYSTEM, STORAGE APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR STORAGE SYSTEM

Distinguishing data streams to enhance data storage efficiency

System and method for providing data migration services

Network system, method for controlling access to storage device, management server, storage device, log-in control method, network boot system, and method of accessing individual storage unit

Zoning of devices in a storage area network with LUN masking/mapping

Storage system and data migration method

Storage system and management method of its storage medium

Apparatus, system, and method for coordinating storage requests in a multi-processor/multi-thread environment

Storage system coupled to management server and a monitoring method of a stopped device executed by the storage system

Dynamic address translation with translation exception qualifier

Storage apparatus and storage area allocation method

Apparatus and method for managing logical volume in distributed storage systems

Method and apparatus for increasing an amount of memory on demand when monitoring remote mirroring performance

COMPUTER SYSTEM ALLOWING ANY COMPUTER TO COPY ANY STORAGE AREA WITHIN A STORAGE SYSTEM

COMPUTER SYSTEM, STORAGE SUBSYSTEM, AND DATA MANAGEMENT METHOD

Storage system, copy method, and primary storage apparatus

Storage system and copy method

Storage device and access instruction sending method

Storage controller and method for determining client appropriateness

Method of multi-path accessing remote logic device under linux system

Method and system for implementing a virtual storage pool in a virtual environment

Methods and systems for improving read performance in data de-duplication storage

Utilizing removable virtual volumes for sharing data on a storage area network

Method of substituting process in storage system

Storage system, release method, and secondary storage apparatus

Managing a networked storage configuration

Hypervolume data storage object and method of data storage

Computer system and garbage collection method of disk space

Storage system provided with a plurality of controller modules

Apparatus, system, and method for relocating logical array hot spots

METHOD OF ACCESSING VIRTUAL STORAGE DEVICE THROUGH VIRTUAL DATA ROUTER

Techniques for distributed storage aggregation

Virtualization switch, computer system, and data copy method

Remote space efficient repository

Methods and computer program products for defining synchronous replication devices in a subchannel set other than subchannel set zero

Storage system and power consumption reduction method for the same

Methods and systems for vectored data de-duplication

Storage subsystem

Storage apparatus and data writing method

Storage control system

Computer system, remote copy method and first computer

Method, apparatus and system to dynamically manage logical path resources

Method to allow a host to replace logical path resources it owns

Autonomic storage provisioning to enhance storage virtualization infrastructure availability

Mainframe storage controller and mainframe volume virtualization method

Computer system, management computer, and volume allocation change method of management computer

Computer system, management server, and mismatched connection configuration detection method

Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for protecting pre-staged provisioned data in a storage system

Clustered cache appliance system and methodology

Data management method for erasing data in computer system

CONTROLLER FOR CONTROLLING LOGICAL VOLUME-RELATED SETTINGS

Data management method for network storage system and the network storage system built thereof

Method for analyzing performance information

Multiple network shared disk servers

SAS expander based persistent connections

System and method for automatic storage load balancing in virtual server environments

Data storage device

Device and method for creating a distributed virtual hard disk on networked workstations

Method and a computer for storage area management

ID COLLECTION AND MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, METHOD AND PROGRAM OF COMPUTER

System and Method For Policy Based Control of NAS Storage Devices

Storage subsystem

APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SCHEDULING COMMANDS FROM HOST SYSTEMS

VOLUME MANAGEMENT METHOD IN A STORAGE APPARATUS HAVING ENCRYPTION FEATURE

Adaptation of contentious storage virtualization configurations

File sharing system and file sharing system setting method

Using the LUN type for storage allocation

NETWORK STORAGE DEVICE AND DATA READ-WRITE CONTROL METHOD

Policy based storage appliance virtualization

Avoiding use of an inter-unit network in a storage system having multiple storage control units

System and method for managing disk space in a thin-provisioned storage subsystem

DESIGN STRUCTURE FOR CONTROLLING SHARED ACCESS OF A MEDIA TRAY

Packet forwarding apparatus and method for virtualization switch

System and method for configuring enterprise information handling system storage solutions

SAS reference Phys for virtualization and traffic isolation

MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND MANAGEMENT METHOD

Apparatus for supporting creation of access path from host to logical volume

Storage system and operation method of storage system

INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM HAVING VOLUME GUARD FUNCTION

Method and system for providing data volumes

Data processing method and system

MEMORY TO STORAGE COMMUNICATION FOR HYBRID SYSTEMS

Memory to memory communication and storage for hybrid systems

Computer and method for controlling whether or not to release all real storage areas assigned to virtual volume

System and method for storage management

Data storage system for storing data in different types of data storage media

Storage emulator and method thereof

Storage apparatus, storage system and path information setting method

System and Method for Input/Output Communication

GLOBAL LOAD BASED FILE ALLOCATION AMONG A PLURALITY OF GEOGRAPHICALLY DISTRIBUTED STORAGE NODES

Method and system for determining an optimally located storage node in a communications network

System and article of manufacture for consistent copying of storage volumes

COUPLING A USER FILE NAME WITH A PHYSICAL DATA FILE STORED IN A STORAGE DELIVERY NETWORK

Network storage system with a clustered configuration sharing a namespace, and control method therefor

Load based file allocation among a plurality of storage devices

METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GLOBAL USAGE BASED FILE LOCATION MANIPULATION

METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EFFICIENTLY STORING DATA FILES

Virtual disk drive system and method

STORAGE SYSTEM AND EXTERNAL VOLUME CONNECTION PATH SEARCHING METHOD FOR STORAGE SYSTEM

METHOD OF FILE ALLOCATING AND FILE ACCESSING IN DISTRIBUTED STORAGE, AND DEVICE AND PROGRAM THEREFOR

Method and system for moving requested files from one storage location to another

FILING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DATA FILES STORED IN A DISTRIBUTED COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK

Method and system for assigning or creating a resource

Virtual disk drive system and method

Policy-based file management for a storage delivery network

Systems and methods for performing storage operations in a computer network

Computer and method for reflecting path redundancy configuration of first computer system in second computer system

Method for reading data with storage system, data managing system for storage system and storage system

Storage apparatus and logical volume migration method

Storage system having a first computer, a second computer connected to the first computer via a network, and a storage device system that is accessed by the second computer

METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A SHARABLE STORAGE DEVICE

Storage having logical partitioning capability and systems which include the storage

INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD

Exposing storage resources with differing capabilities

Storage access device issuing I/O requests, in an associated logical unit environment

Computer storage device having separate read-only space and read-write space, removable media component, system management interface, and network interface

Storage system with improved multiple copy targeting

Method for Removing a Mass Storage System From a Computer Network, and Computer Program Product and Computer Network for Carrying our the Method

Storage system that dynamically allocates real area to virtual area in virtual volume

Storage system and data erasing method

Storage control apparatus, data archive method for storage control apparatus, and storage system

Storage system managing data through a wide area network

Storage system and virtualization method

Methods for controlling remote archiving systems

Computer system

Cross domain delegation by a storage virtualization system

Storage system and method of controlling the same

Storage Device Controlling Apparatus and Method

System and method for dynamic storage device reconfiguration

Self-organizing heterogeneous distributed storage system

Reclaiming storage on a thin-provisioning storage device

Virtual disk drive system and method

Method of managing storage capacity in a storage system, a storage device and a computer system

Optimisation of the selection of storage device ports

Methods and systems for managing network attached storage (NAS) within a management subsystem

Storage sub-system and method for controlling the same

Power efficient data storage with data de-duplication

Storage subsystem and storage control method

System and Method for Zoning of Devices in a Storage Area Network

Storage system

Control of information units in fibre channel communications

Zoning of devices in a storage area network

System and method for reducing latency on remotely-booted information handling systems

Storage apparatus having virtual-to-actual device addressing scheme

Storage area network (SAN) forecasting in a heterogeneous environment

Apparatus and Method for Managing Storage Systems

Storage system and storage system data migration method

Data migration and copying in a storage system with dynamically expansible volumes

Method and apparatus for enabling a NAS system to utilize thin provisioning

Storage system and data rearrangement method

Disk-array device having storage-device recognition and identification of a storage area network link environment

Mechanisms for creation/deletion of linear block address table entries for direct I/O

Device allocation utilizing job information, storage system with a spin control function, and computer thereof

STORAGE SYSTEM, DATA MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND MANAGEMENT ALLOCATION METHOD THEREOF

Method for automatically configuring additional component to a storage subsystem

Prioritising data processing operations

Transfer of ownership of a storage object in response to an original owner node becoming available after a period of unavailability

Consistent data storage subsystem configuration replication

Storage system comprising function for changing data storage mode using logical volume pair

Computer system having an expansion device for virtualizing a migration source logical unit

Method for scheduling of storage devices

Techniques for snapshotting

Consistent data storage subsystem configuration replication

Method for controlling storage system, and storage control apparatus

Enabling parallel access volumes in virtual machine environments

Avoiding failure of an initial program load in a logical partition of a data storage system

Staging electronic publications

Method and apparatus for reducing the amount of data in a storage system

Article of manufacture and system for autonomic data caching and copying on a storage area network aware file system using copy services

Efficient hierarchical storage management of a file system with snapshots

DATA INTEGRITY FOR DATA STORAGE DEVICES SHARED BY MULTIPLE HOSTS VIA A NETWORK

Storage system, storage device, and control method thereof

Management of temporary and permanent areas in nonvolatile memories of a storage system

Method and apparatus for capacity on demand dynamic chunk allocation

Management method for a virtual volume across a plurality of storages

Method and Apparatus for Managing Media Storage Devices

Virtual network storage system, network storage device and virtual method

System and method for intelligent storage migration

Method and system for configuration and management of client access to network-attached-storage

Online virtual machine disk migration

Data migration without interrupting host access and with data lock for write access requests such that held write access requests do not expire

System and Method for Data Storage and Backup

Processor partnering in a storage system

Storage system that transfers system information elements

Methods, systems and computer products for user-managed multi-path performance in balanced or unbalanced fabric configurations

Centralized server rack management using USB

System and method for remote asynchronous data replication

Method and a system for data migration

Method and apparatus for managing virtual ports on storage systems

Method and apparatus for storage-service-provider-aware storage system

Optimizing storage allocation

Power efficient storage with data de-duplication

Data write/read auxiliary device and method for writing/reading data

Hardware acceleration of commonality factoring with removable media

Commonality factoring for removable media

Prioritization of interrupts in a storage controller based on interrupt control directives received from hosts

Storage controller and controlling method therefor

Transparent autonomic data replication improving access performance for a storage area network aware file system

JOURNAL MANAGEMENT METHOD IN CDP REMOTE CONFIGURATION

SAS expander-side optimization for the re-discovery process

Power management in a storage array

Handling multi-rank pools and varying degrees of control in volume allocation on storage controllers

Storage system and path management method for multi-host environment

Online restriping technique for distributed network based virtualization

Preferred zone scheduling

Request priority seek manager

Host adaptive seek technique environment

Implementing a redundant array of inexpensive drives

Storage unit and disk control method

Storage system with synchronized processing elements

Multi-protocol controller that supports PCIe, SAS and enhanced Ethernet

Validation of electrical performance of an electronic package prior to fabrication

Storage system and storage control method comprising router and switch communication with RAID modules

Disk array apparatus and control method for disk array apparatus

Methods and apparatus for implementing virtualization of storage within a storage area network

NETWORK DISTRIBUTED FILE SYSTEM

Apparatus, system, and method for managing tray devices

Computer system for determining and displaying performance problems from first storage devices and based on the problems, selecting a migration destination to other secondary storage devices that are operated independently thereof, from the first storage devices

Low-Level Connectivity Admission Control for Networked Consumer Storage Devices

Method, system and program for storing and using metadata in multiple storage locations

Storage control system and method

Method and system for compression of data for block mode access storage

Redundant pile of inexpensive drivers (RPID)

Network-based storage system capable of allocating storage partitions to hosts

STORAGE SYSTEM CAPABLE OF AUTHENTICATING HOSTS ON A NETWORK

Storage router and method for providing virtual local storage

Computer system or performance management method of computer system

Method, system and computer program product for managing the storage of data

Data migration

Storage system and setting method for storage configuration information

System and method for intrusion protection of network storage

Method for starting up file sharing system and file sharing device

System and method for monitoring computer system resource performance

Modeling, monitoring, and analysis of computer services

Method And A System To Determine Device Criticality During SAN Reconfigurations

Storage system construction managing device and construction management method

Boosting throughput of a computer file server

SYSTEM AND ARTICLE OF MANUFACTURE FOR USING HOST AND STORAGE CONTROLLER PORT INFORMATION TO CONFIGURE PATHS BETWEEN A HOST AND STORAGE CONTROLLER

Dynamically matching data service capabilities to data service level objectives

Correlated analysis of wasted space and capacity efficiency in complex storage infrastructures

Restricting the execution of copy services commands

Storage system and data management method

Storage controller managing logical volume

Minimizing configuration changes in a fabric-based data protection solution

Simplify server replacement

Power control of secondary copy storage based on journal storage usage and accumulation speed rate

Storage device and storage device data life cycle control method

Virtualization by multipath management software for a plurality of storage volumes

Raid storage subsystem using read connection information command to request WWN information for server table and adapter connection table

Physical network interface selection to minimize contention with operating system critical storage operations

STORAGE MANAGEMENT METHOD USING DATA MIGRATION

Storage management method and storage management system

Method and apparatus for controlling access to logical units

Methods, devices, systems, and computer program products for managing and delivering media content

DYNAMIC SWITCHING OF A COMMUNICATION PORT IN A STORAGE SYSTEM BETWEEN TARGET AND INITIATOR MODES

Distributed storage system with global replication

Volume and failure management method on a network having a storage device

Systems and methods for allocating control of storage media in a network environment

Monitoring performance of a storage area network

System and article of manufacture for the detection of misdirected data

STORAGE SYSTEM AND METHOD OF COPYING DATA

Resource sharing and allocation between a plurality of different raid policies on groups of disks

Displaying multiple storage windows

DEVICE CONTROL APPARATUS AND DEVICE CONTROL METHOD

Device and method to manage migration volume selection

System for controlling spinning of disk

Data migration including operation environment information of a host computer

Storage system and information transfer method for the same

VOLUME ASSIGNMENT MANAGEMENT DEVICE

Method and system for distributing snapshots across arrays of an array cluster

Managing resources in cluster storage systems