Patent ID: 8285849
Filing Date: 2012-10-09
Classification: G06F,Y02D

Abstract:
1. At least one management server for controlling a plurality of dispersed data centers, each management server comprising a processor, a memory, and a manager being configured to: set and manage replication relations between a storage area of a storage system of a first data center and a storage area of a storage system of a second data center; maintain said replication relations by said plurality of dispersed data centers; replicate data used by an application executed on a first server of said first data center to said storage system of said second data center; check if there are sufficient server resources in said second data center; maintain relationships between the storage area of said first data center and applications using the storage area of said first data center; and migrate said applications using the storage area of said first data center to said second data center so that the applications can be executed in said second data center.