Patent ID: 9054948
Filing Date: 2015-06-09
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A storage apparatus to be connected to a computer, comprising: a plurality of switches including a memory and connected to the computer by a cascade connection, respectively; and a plurality of storages connected to the plurality of switches, wherein each memory is configured to store a latency value corresponding to the plurality of storages and the computer, the latency value being determined so as to equal each time from transmitting of a frame by the computer to receiving of a response from the plurality of storages for the frame by the computer, and the plurality of switches is configured to transmit a frame including a destination address indicating one of the plurality of storages and the computer to the destination address after a time corresponding to the latency value corresponding to the destination address elapsed, wherein a latency table is created for each of the plurality of switches corresponding to the destination address, wherein one of the plurality of switches is configured to transmit the frame after the time corresponding to the latency value elapsed when the destination address of the frame indicates one of the plurality of storages connected to the one of the plurality of switches, wherein the plurality of switches includes at least first and second switches, the first switch being connected to the computer, the second switch being connected to the first switch, and wherein when the first switch receives from the computer a frame having a destination address indicating one of the plurality of storages connected to one of the first and second switches, the first switch transmits the frame to the one of the plurality of storages connected to one of the first and second switches after a delay time corresponding to the latency value elapsed, the delay time of the first switch decreases as a frame transmission time from the computer to the one of the plurality of storages connected to one of the first and second switches increases.