Storage controlling device and control method for a storage controlling device
AssigneeHitachi, Ltd.
InventorsAkira Kawashima, Homare Kanie, Hitoshi Arai, Nobuyuki Oka
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Abstract
A storage controlling device being connected to an external device and being able to communicate with each other comprises storage means, means for sending/receiving data input/output requests to/from the external device, and means for executing input/output processes in response to the data input/output requests. The input/output processes are executed in response to the data input/output requests attached to priority level determining information in an order that is determined based on priority level determining information that is attached as attribute information of the data input/output requests received from the external device.
Claims10
A storage controlling device being connected to an external device and being able to communicate each other, comprising
- storage means,
- means for sending/receiving data input/output requests to/from said external device,
- execution means for executing data input/output processes with respect to said storage means in response to said data input/output requests in an order that is determined based on priority level determining information that is attached as attribute information of said data input/output requests received from said external device.
A control method for a storage controlling device being connected to an external device and being able to communicate with each other and comprising storage, sending/receiving unit for sending/receiving data input/output requests to/from said external device, and storage controlling device for executing data input/output processes with respect to said storage in response to said data input/output requests;
- said storage controlling device executing said data input/output processes in response to said data input/output requests in an order that is decided based on priority level determining information that is attached as attribute information of said data input/output requests received from said external device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.