Patent ID: 7149861
Filing Date: 2006-12-12
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A disk array device comprising: a plurality of storage devices for storing data: a storage device control unit for controlling a data write or read operation to said plurality of storage devices; a connection portion connected to said storage device control unit; a plurality of channel control portions for receiving a write or read request from an external host device or the disk array device itself, converting file-level data sent from said host device into block-level data, and transferring it to said plurality of storage devices so that these data pieces may be classified into a plurality of cluster groups; a shared memory storing control information exchanged between said plurality of channel control portions and said storage device control unit; a cache memory temporarily saving data exchanged between said plurality of channel control portions and said storage device control unit; and a management terminal for setting a logical configuration of said plurality of storage devices, wherein, in a plurality of LDEVs which are logical storage regions of said plurality of storage devices, a system LU which is a storage region for storing control information in the disk array device itself and a user LU which is a storage region for writing write data sent from said host device are settable, said management terminal has a function to specify said system LU or said user LU in order to set a path definition with respect to said plurality of LDEVs, and said plurality of channel control portions each have a function to inhibit an access to said system LU from said host device in accordance with distinction of said system LU or said user LU specified by said management terminal, wherein, in said plurality of LDEVs of said plurality of storage devices, a backup LU which is a storage region for backing up said control information stored in said system LU is settable, and a function is provided to automatically define a path of said backup LU with respect to said system LU and to backup the control information stored in said system LU to said backup LU.