Patent ID: 8281098
Filing Date: 2012-10-02
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A storage system comprising a first storage system and a second storage system, the first storage system, which is coupled to a computer and the second storage system, comprising a first storage control device and a plurality of first storage units, the second storage system comprising a plurality of second storage units, wherein the first storage control device: provides the computer with a logical unit assigned to at least one of the second storage units; receives a first access request from the computer to the logical unit and sends a second access request to one of plurality of the second storage units according to a relation between the plurality of the second storage units and the logical unit assigned to at least one of the second storage units, obtains performance information relating to the second access request, moves data stored in at least one of the plurality of second storage units to at least one of the first storage units according to the performance information, and changes the assignment of at least one of the second storage units to a logical unit of at least one of the first storage units.