Storage system

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PATENT NO 9875059
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15121516

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Provided is a control method for a plurality of storage apparatuses that perform a migration from a pre-migration volume group to a post-migration volume group. The plurality of storage apparatuses are configured to accept a write command directed to any one of a plurality of volumes in the pre-migration volume group and the post-migration volume group when the migration is being processed. The control method includes writing write data of the write command to all of the plurality of volumes in a predetermined order, writing the write data to a last volume last among the plurality of volumes, and writing the write data to volumes different from the last volume after individually obtaining exclusive locks and, after completion of the writing the write data to the last volume, releasing the exclusive locks.

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HITACHI LTDTOKYO TOKYO METROPOLIS

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Kawaguchi, Tomohiro Tokyo, JP 158 1993
Maki, Nobuhiro Tokyo, JP 124 1775
Nasu, Hiroshi Tokyo, JP 64 610
Saito, Hideo Tokyo, JP 174 2416

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