Patent ID: 9477426
Filing Date: 2016-10-25
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A storage system comprising: a first storage apparatus; and a second storage apparatus coupled to the first storage apparatus, wherein the first storage apparatus is configured to execute bulk request determination of determining whether to execute bulk requesting of causing the second storage apparatus to group a plurality of actual files corresponding to a plurality of stub files into one bulk data and transmit the bulk data, transmit a bulk request to the second storage apparatus when determining to execute the bulk requesting in the bulk request determination, and extract the plurality of actual files corresponding to the plurality of stub files, from the bulk data received from the second storage apparatus, and the second storage apparatus is configured to group the plurality of actual files corresponding to the plurality of stub files into the one bulk data and transmit the bulk data to the first storage apparatus, based on the bulk request, when the bulk request is received from the first storage apparatus.