Patent ID: 8281085
Filing Date: 2012-10-02
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A managing device being coupled to a storage system, which comprises a server storage apparatus and a switch device, the server comprising a server physical resource, a first application and a second application are operated on the server, the switch device comprising a switch physical device and transferring access request between the server and the storage apparatus, the storage system comprising a storage physical resource and storing data rerated to access request issued from the first application and the second application, wherein the managing device managing a construction of the storage system, the managing device is configured to: divide logically the server physical resource, a switch physical resource and the storage physical resource into a plurality of logical storage system; allocate a first logical storage system of the plurality of logical storage system to the first application; and allocate a second logical storage system of the plurality of logical storage system to the second application, so that the server physical resource, the switch physical resource and the storage physical resource of the first logical storage system are used for access request issued by the first application and the server physical resource, the switch physical resource and the storage physical resource of the second logical storage system are used for the access request issued by the second application, wherein the managing device: displays the server physical resource, the switch physical resource and the storage physical resource of the first logical storage system and the first application and the server physical resource, the switch physical resource and the storage physical resource of the second logical storage system on the display of the management device; corresponds to the server physical resource, the switch physical resource and the storage physical resource of the first logical storage system to the first application on the display and further corresponds the server physical resource, the switch physical resource and the storage physical resource of the second logical storage system to the second application on the display.