Patent ID: 8051256
Filing Date: 2011-11-01
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A managing device which manages the configration of a storage system being coupled to the server on which a first application and a second application are operated, the storage system comprising the managing device, storage apparatus and a switch device, the storage apparatus comprising a plurality of disk drives and a plurality of processors as physical resources, the plurality of processors providing a plurality of logical storage regions on the plurality of disk drives to the first application and the second application, the switch device comprising a processor, a memory, and ports as physical resources, and transferring access request related to the plurality of logical storage regions of the storage apparatus between the server and the storage apparatus, wherein the managing device is configured to: divide logically the physical resources of the storage apparatus and the switch device into a plurality of logical storage systems, allocate a first logical storage system of the plurality of logical storage systems to the first application, allocate a second logical storage system of the plurality of logical storage systems to the second application, control the switch device and the storage apparatus to use the physical resource of the first logical storage system for the access request from the first application and use the physical resource of the second logical storage system for the access request from the second application, monitor the operating status of the first application and the second application, and reallocate the physical resources of the storage apparatus and the switch device among the first logical storage system and the second logical storage system based on the monitoring.