Patent ID: 7516294
Filing Date: 2009-04-07
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A storage system comprising: a control unit; a plurality of disk devices connected to the control unit; and a plurality of ports connectable to a plurality of computers and connected to the control unit, wherein the control unit configures a plurality of logical partitions used for a plurality of the computers by using resources which the storage system includes, wherein the control unit re-configures the resources of one of the plurality of logical partitions based on one of predetermined patterns, wherein said one of the patterns includes information which indicates a combination of the resources to be assigned to the one of the plurality of logical partitions, wherein the control unit has resource information which includes information whether the resources are assigned to the plurality of logical partitions or not, and wherein the control unit re-configures the one of the plurality of logical partitions by using part of the resources which are not assigned to the plurality of logical partitions based on the resource information and the one of the patterns.