Patent ID: 7415629

Claim:
A method for managing a storage system comprising an application server that provides an application, a first volume that stores data of the application, and a plurality of second volumes set in pair states where replicas of the first volume are stored, the method comprising the steps of: obtaining the second volumes set in the pair states with the first volume as a starting point; and summarizing information relating to an activity of the pairs of the second volumes based on a result of the obtaining, the information including at least a performance information of at least one of replication and usage of resources shared by the pairs, wherein the storage system comprises a plurality of application servers and the application is composed of a plurality of programs that are executed by the plurality of application servers, wherein the step of obtaining the second volumes comprises: identifying the application; identifying a first volume storing data for each program of the identified application; and obtaining every second volume set in a pair state with the first volume, wherein the step of summarizing the attribute information comprises: summarizing the first volume and the second volume for each program of the identified application.