Storage apparatus and management module therefor
AssigneeFujitsu Limited
InventorKazuo Nakashima
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Abstract
A management module for a storage apparatus includes a device attribute managing part to manage attribute information and security function of at least two storage parts of different kinds and/or with different performances that are virtually used as a single virtual storage apparatus, and to provide at least a portion of the attribute information with respect to a host unit. The attribute information includes storage region information indicating a storage region occupied by each storage part in the virtual storage apparatus, and performance information of each storage part, in correspondence with each other.
Claims13
A management module for a storage apparatus, comprising:
- a device attribute managing part configured to manage attribute information of at least two storage parts of different kinds and/or with different performances that are virtually used as a single virtual storage apparatus, and to provide at least a portion of the attribute information with respect to a host unit,
- said attribute information including storage region information indicating a storage region occupied by each storage part in the virtual storage apparatus, and performance information of each storage part, in correspondence with each other.
A management module for a storage apparatus, comprising:
- a security control part configured to centrally manage each of at least two storage parts that are virtually used as a single virtual storage apparatus, by carrying out a setting and/or a control related to security of each of the storage parts,
- said security control part being connectable to the storage parts.
A storage apparatus comprising:
- at least two storage parts of different kinds and/or with different performances that are virtually used as a single virtual storage apparatus;
- and
- a device attribute managing part configured to manage attribute information of each of the storage parts, and to provide at least a portion of the attribute information with respect to a host unit,
- said attribute information including storage region information indicating a storage region occupied by each storage part in the virtual storage apparatus, and performance information of each storage part, in correspondence with each other.
A storage apparatus comprising:
- at least two storage parts that are virtually used as a single virtual storage apparatus;
- and
- a security control part configured to centrally manage each of the storage parts, by carrying out a setting and/or a control related to security of each of the storage parts.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.