Patent ID: 7360038
Filing Date: 2008-04-15
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A storage control system comprising: a first controller connected through a first access route to one or more first storage devices; a second controller connected through a second access route to one or more second storage devices; a third controller connected through a third access route to said one or more first storage devices; and a fourth controller connected through a fourth access route to said one or more second storage devices, wherein: said first controller is connected to said second controller and a host device that transmits an access instruction, and receives said access instruction from said host device, and if the access destination in accordance with said access instruction is one of said one or more second storage devices, said first controller outputs a first access request that is a request to access said second storage device to said second controller, said second controller accesses said second storage device through said second access route in response to said first access request from said first controller, said third controller is connected to said fourth controller and said host device; and receives said access instruction from said host device, and if the access destination in accordance with said access instruction is the second storage device, said third controller outputs a second access request that is a request to access said second storage device to said fourth controller, said fourth controller accesses said second storage device through said fourth access route in response to said second access request from said third controller, said first controller stores information relating to first and second storage devices accessible by each controller, and said each controller determines whether a to-to-access destination in accordance with said access instruction is one of said accessible first storage devices or one of said accessible second storage device by referencing said information; said first to fourth controllers respectively comprise memory for storing data, and a transfer control unit that controls transfer of data stored in said memory to a separate memory through a data transfer path, each memory comprises a first memory region that stores first access control information constituting information relating to a first storage device accessible by said first controller, a second memory region that stores second access control information constituting information relating to the second storage device accessible by said second controller, a third memory region that stores third access control information constituting information relating to the first storage device accessible by said third controller, and a fourth memory region that stores fourth access control information constituting information relating to the second storage device accessible by said fourth controller, said first to fourth controllers respectively write said access control information constituting information relating to the storage device that are accessible in the memory regions corresponding to the controllers, and the transfer control units, if access control information is written to a memory region corresponding to the controller of the transfer control unit, write said access control information through said data transfer path also in a memory region of a separate memory corresponding to said memory corresponding to the controller.