Patent ID: 7975116

Claim:
A method for controlling a storage device system, the storage device system including: an information processing device, a first storage device equipped with a first storage volume, and a second storage device equipped with a second storage volume, wherein the information processing device and the first storage device are communicatively connected to one another, the first storage device and the second storage device are communicatively connected to one another, the information processing device is equipped with a first write request section that requests to write data in the first storage device according to a first communications protocol, and the first storage device is equipped with a second write request section that requests to write data in the second storage device according to a second communications protocol, the method comprising: a step conducted by the information processing device of creating first data including a first instruction to be executed in the second storage device; a step conducted by the information processing device of transmitting to the first write request section a request to write the first data in the first storage volume according to the first communications protocol; a step conducted by the first storage device of, when the first data written in the first storage volume is an instruction to the second storage device, transmitting to the second write request section a request to write the first data in the second storage volume according to the second communications protocol; a step conducted by the second storage device of executing the first instruction set in the first data written in the second storage volume; a step conducted by the information processing device of creating second data including a second instruction to be executed by the first storage device; a step conducted by the information processing device of transmitting to the first write request section a request to write the second data in the first storage volume according to the first communications protocol; and a step conducted by the first storage device of, when the second data written in the first storage volume is an instruction to the first storage device, executing the second instruction.