Patent ID: 7653725

Claim:
A management computer coupled via a network to a computer system which comprises at least one host computer, a storage system coupled to the at least one host computer via the network, and a display device, the at least one host computer comprising a first interface coupled to the network, a first processor coupled to the first interface, and a first memory coupled to the first processor, the storage system comprising at least one physical disk device which stores data written by the at least one host computer, the management computer comprising: a second interface coupled to the at least one host computer and the storage system; a second processor coupled to the second interface; and a second memory coupled to the second processor, wherein each of a plurality of paths over which data is written and read in the at least one physical disk device by the at least one host computer includes a plurality of resources, wherein the second memory holds identification information of each of the plurality of resources, wherein the plurality of paths include a first path and a second path, wherein the second processor is configured to detect at least one of an addition and removal of the resource to the first path, wherein adding the resource to the first path includes newly setting the first path which includes the plurality of resources, and wherein the second processor is further configured to: store, in the second memory, performance information obtained from the plurality of resources that belong to the first path at first time intervals until a predetermined length of time elapses since the detection of the at least one of addition and removal of the resource to the first path; store, when at least one of the plurality of resources belonging to the first path also belongs to the second path, in the second memory, performance information obtained from the plurality of resources that belong to the second path at the first time intervals until the predetermined length of time elapses since the detection of the at least one of addition and removal of the resource to the first path; store, in the second memory, performance information obtained from the plurality of resources that belong to at least one of the first path and the second path at second time intervals, which are longer than the first time intervals, without storing performance information obtained from the plurality of resources that belong to at least one of the first path and the second path at the first time intervals after the predetermined length of time elapses since the detection of the at least one of addition and removal of the resource to the first path; and send an instruction that causes the display device to display the performance information obtained from the plurality of resources that belong to at least one of the plurality of paths at the first time intervals.