Storage on-demand system, and method for processing data in the same

A method for processing data in a storage-on-demand system that provides some storage areas of a storage system to a user terminal upon a request from the user terminal,

• the method comprising:
• a first step of requesting input to indicate whether a designated volume from among volumes assigned to the storage system has been copied or not, in response to a return request to release the designated volume;
• a second step of initializing the designated volume in response to input indicating that the designated volume has been copied;
• and
• a third step of nullifying the right to access the designated volume in response to the input indicating that the designated volume has been copied.

A storage-on-demand system for transferring information via a communication network between a user's server connected to a user terminal and a management server for managing a storage system, and providing some storage areas of the storage system to the user terminal upon a request from the user terminal,

• wherein the user's server includes:
• a return request processing unit for executing return request processing on the server when receiving a return request to release a designated volume from among volumes assigned to the storage system from the user terminal;
• and
• a user communication unit for sending the return request processed by the return request processing unit, via the communication network to the management server;
• and
• wherein the management server includes:
• a management server communication unit for receiving the return request;
• an initialization processing unit for initializing the designated volume of the storage system in response to the return request received by the management server communication unit;
• and
• an access right processing unit for nullifying an access right to the designated volume;
• and
• wherein the management server communication unit sends the processing results from the initialization processing unit and the access right processing unit respectively via the communication network to the user communication unit.