Patent ID: 7366867
Filing Date: 2008-04-29
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer system comprising a host computer, at least one storage system which provides a volume to said host computer, a management computer connected via a network with said storage system and said host computer, wherein, said host computer comprises, said management computer comprises, said storage system comprises, said first processor further performs a process which transmits to said management computer via said first port for management, host setting information including a service usage of service processing performed by said host computer, said second memory holds a conversion table by usage indicating a correspondence between the evaluation hint value and an interim hint value with respect to each usage of said service processing, and said second processor converts the evaluation hint value included in said first volume creation request to an interim hint value, in the process to convert said evaluation hint value into a performance hint value, by use of said conversion table by usage associated with the service usage included in the host setting information received from said host computer via said second port for management, and then, converts said interim hint value into a performance hint value associated with the evaluation hint value having a value being identical to the interim hint value, by use of said conversion table by system associated with the storage system designated in said first volume creation request.