Storage control system
AssigneeHitachi, Ltd.
InventorHroki Kanai
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Abstract
The enclosure 10 in which the storage control system 600 is constructed comprises a scale-out NAS head group 111 constituted by two or more NAS heads, and a scale-up NAS head 110H that is a higher performance NAS head than each of NAS head members 110L that are the NAS heads constituting the scale-out NAS group 111. The enclosure 10 permits insertion into general-purpose slots 104 in which the NAS head members 110L and another type of channel control unit 112 that differs from the NAS head members 110L are inserted. The scale-up NAS head 110H is mounted within the enclosure 10 in a different location from the general-purpose slots 104.
Claims8
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A storage control system constructed in an enclosure, comprising:
- a plurality of storage devices;
- a storage device control unit that controls read/write operations against the storage devices;
- a plurality of first Network Attached Storage (NAS) heads each comprising a first processor;
- and
- a second NAS head comprising a plurality of second processors,
- wherein said plurality of first NAS heads and said second NAS head converts file input/output (I/O) commands from a host computer to block I/O commands,
- wherein said plurality of first NAS heads operate as web servers, and
- wherein said second NAS head operates as a database server.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.