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- This invention relates to a storage system and control methods for the same, specifically to the technology of optimizing the performance separation according to the usage status of the protocol and the storage system performance.
- LPARs Logical Partitions
- PTL (Patent Literature) 1 discloses that, in a cluster-type storage system in which multiple, relatively small-scale storage systems (clusters) are connected by the interconnection network and used as one system, for the purpose of solving the problem that the logical partitioning in the range of the limited bandwidth of the interconnection network cannot ensure the performance deserving the resources allocated to the Logical Partitions, the resources of the same cluster are allocated to each Logical Partition.
- PTL 2 discloses that, for the purpose of efficiently utilizing the unused resources in the storage system, the control processor logically partitions the resources including the host I/F, the drive I/F, the disk drive, the data transfer engine, the cache memory and the control processor as the target of partitioning and configures multiple Logical Partitions, and dynamically changes the partitioning ratio for each Logical Partition depending on the number of accesses from the host computer.
- PTL 3 discloses that, when managing Logical Partitions of the subsystem for which storage consolidation has been performed, for preventing the operational errors by the administrator or others when changing the RAID configuration, the function of changing the RAID configuration is allowed to be released in a specified range.
- COS Cloud Optimized Storage
- TCO Total Cost of Ownership
- Unified Storages storages capable of independently corresponding to multiple protocols (hereinafter referred to as Unified Storages) such as iSCSI (Internet Small Computer System Interface), NFS/CIFS (NFS: Network File System, CIFS: Common Internet File System), or FC (Fibre Channel) are starting to spread.
- iSCSI Internet Small Computer System Interface
- NFS/CIFS Network File System
- CIFS Common Internet File System
- FC Fibre Channel
- Unified Storage processes multiple protocols by common CPU and the cache memory is also shared by the multiple protocols, it is difficult to optimize the performance separation according to the usage status of each protocol and the storage system performance.
- This invention is intended in view of the above-mentioned background for the purpose of providing the storage system and the controlling methods for the same which can optimize the performance separation according to the usage status of the protocol and the storage system performance.
- An aspect of this invention for solving the above-mentioned and other problems is a storage system comprising multiple storage devices, the storage device including:
- a storage controlling unit writing data to a storage and reading data from the storage according to data input/output requests transmitted from an external device
- a protocol processing unit responding to the processing result for the input/output requests to the external device and being capable of responding to the data input/output requests following at least two or more protocols transmitted from the external device;
- each of the storage devices includes a cluster processing unit configuring a cluster along with the other storage devices for the external device, and
- the cluster processing unit can configure cluster groups for each of the protocols.
- Another aspect of this invention is the above-mentioned storage system, wherein
- the storage device stores a cluster management table in which the protocols handled by the cluster groups to which the storage devices belong are managed, and
- the cluster processing unit configures a cluster group for each of the protocols by forwarding or redirecting the data input/output requests transmitted from the external device to the other storage devices according to the cluster management table.
- This invention enables easy configuration of cluster groups for each of the protocols by the cluster management table in which the protocols handled by the cluster group to which the storage devices belong are managed and the forwarding or redirecting function is included in the cluster processing unit.
- Another aspect of this invention is the above-mentioned storage system, wherein
- the cluster processing unit inactivates resources for achieving the protocols other than the protocol handled by the cluster group to which the storage device belongs among the resources for processing the protocols in the storage device.
- Another aspect of this invention is the above-mentioned storage system, wherein
- the storage device stores the cluster management table in which the protocols handled by the cluster group to which each of the storage devices belongs are managed,
- the storage device provides the storage area of the storage in units of logical volumes which are the logically set storage area to the external device, and
- the cluster processing unit migrates the data of the logical volume to the logical volume of the storage device of the other storage device which is supposed to handle the protocol after the change with which the relevant logical volume corresponds.
- the cluster processing unit automatically migrates the data to the logical volume of the other storage device matching the protocol to which the logical volume corresponds. Therefore, for example, by changing the cluster management table from a management device, the configuration of the cluster groups can be changed easily and flexibly.
- Another aspect of this invention is the above-mentioned storage system, wherein
- the storage device stores the cluster management table in which the protocols handled by the cluster group to which each of the storage devices belongs are managed,
- the storage device provides the storage area of the storage in units of logical volumes which are the logically set storage area to the external device, and
- the cluster processing unit determines whether it is necessary to relocate the data or not according to load information of the logical volume, and if it is determined to be necessary, migrates the data between the logical volumes.
- the cluster processing unit determines whether it is necessary to relocate the data or not according to the load information of the logical volume, and if it is determined to be necessary, migrates the data between the logical volumes.
- this invention enables easy addition of a new storage device to the already configured cluster group by changing the contents of the cluster management table. It is also possible to optimize the performance of the storage system by attempting load distribution at the time of relocation.
- Another aspect of this invention is the above-mentioned storage system, wherein
- the storage device stores the cluster management table in which the protocols handled by the cluster group to which each of the storage devices belongs are managed,
- the storage device provides the storage area of the storage in units of logical volumes which are the logically set storage area to the external device, and
- the cluster processing unit migrates the data of the logical volume of the storage device to be deleted to the logical volume of another storage device handling the protocol which the relevant storage device used to handle.
- the cluster processing unit migrates the data to the logical volume of the other storage device handling the protocol which the relevant storage device used to handle.
- this invention enables easy deletion of a storage device from the already configured cluster group by changing the contents of the cluster management table.
- Another aspect of this invention is the above-mentioned storage system, wherein
- the storage device stores the cluster management table in which the protocols handled by the cluster group to which each of the storage devices belongs are managed,
- the storage device provides the storage area of the storage in units of logical volumes which are the logically set storage area to the external device, and
- the cluster processing unit determines whether it is necessary to relocate the data or not according to the load information of the logical volume, and if it is determined to be necessary, migrates the data between the logical volumes.
- this invention enables easy migration of a storage device configuring a certain cluster group to the other cluster group by changing the contents of the cluster management table. It is also possible to optimize the performance of the storage system by attempting load distribution at the time of relocation.
- the protocol is at least one of iSCSI (Internet Small Computer System Interface), NFS/CIFS (NFS: Network File System, CIFS: Common Internet File System), and FC (Fibre Channel).
- iSCSI Internet Small Computer System Interface
- NFS/CIFS NFS/CIFS
- CIFS Common Internet File System
- FC Fibre Channel
- FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the configuration of the storage system 1 .
- FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the functions of the client device 1000 , the management device 1100 , and the storage devices 2400 .
- FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the operations of the storage devices 2400 .
- FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the method of accessing the LUs 2420 when newly installing a Unified Storage.
- FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the case of achieving a cluster by forwarding.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of the cluster management table 2517 .
- FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the case of achieving a cluster by redirection.
- FIG. 8 is a diagram showing the case of setting cluster groups 2812 in units of protocols.
- FIG. 9 is an example of the cluster management table 2517 .
- FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the cluster group setting processing S 1000 .
- FIG. 11 is a diagram showing the case of changing the settings of the cluster groups 2812 .
- FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing the setting changing processing S 1200 .
- FIG. 13 is an example of the volume management table 1300 .
- FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing the migration processing 1234 .
- FIG. 15 is a diagram showing the case of adding a new node to a cluster group 2812 .
- FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing the node addition processing S 1600 .
- FIG. 17 is a diagram showing the case of deleting a node from a cluster group
- FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing the node deletion processing S 1800 .
- FIG. 19 is a diagram showing the case of migrating a node between the cluster groups 2812 .
- FIG. 20 is a flowchart showing the node migration processing S 2000 .
- FIG. 1 shows the schematic view of the configuration of the storage system 1 described as an embodiment.
- this storage system 1 includes multiple storage devices 2400 , one or more client devices 1000 (external device), and a management device 1100 installed in the first site 6000 such as a data center, a system operation center or others.
- the client device 1000 and the storage devices 2400 are connected as communicable via a data network 5000 .
- the data network 5000 is, for example, LAN (Local Area Network), WAN (Wide Area Network), or SAN (Storage Area Network).
- the storage devices 2400 are connected as communicable with the management device 1100 via a management network 5001 .
- the management network 5001 is, for example, LAN or WAN.
- the storage devices 2400 are connected as communicable with other storage systems installed in the other sites (the second site 7000 and the third site 8000 ) via an internal network 5002 and an external network 5003 .
- the internal network 5002 is, for example, LAN, WAN, or SAN.
- the external network 5003 includes LAN, WAN, SAN, the Internet, a public telecommunication network and exclusive lines. Note that it is also possible to achieve the data network 5000 , the management network 5001 , the internal network 5002 , and the external network 5003 by sharing the same physical communication media by a method of logically partitioning the communication bandwidth such as VLAN (Virtual LAN).
- VLAN Virtual LAN
- the client device 1000 is the device for accessing the storage devices 2400 and transmits data input/output requests (data write requests/data read requests) to the storage devices 2400 .
- the client device 1000 transmits data input/output requests in units of blocks or files to the storage devices 2400 .
- the client device 1000 is an information processing device (computer) such as a personal computer, an office computer, mainframe or others.
- the client device 1000 includes at least a processor 1001 (e.g., a CPU (Central Processing Unit) or an MPU (Micro Processing Unit)), a memory 1002 (e.g., a volatile or non-volatile RAM (Random Access Memory) or a ROM (Read Only Memory)), and a communication interface 1003 (e.g., NIC (Network Interface Card) or an HBA (Host Bus Adaptor)).
- processor 1001 e.g., a CPU (Central Processing Unit) or an MPU (Micro Processing Unit)
- a memory 1002 e.g., a volatile or non-volatile RAM (Random Access Memory) or a ROM (Read Only Memory)
- a communication interface 1003 e.g., NIC (Network Interface Card) or an HBA (Host Bus Adaptor)
- the client device 1000 may also include a storage (e.g., hard disk or a semiconductor storage device (SSD (Solid State Drive))), inputting devices such as a keyboard, a mouse and others, and outputting devices such as liquid crystal monitors and printers.
- a storage e.g., hard disk or a semiconductor storage device (SSD (Solid State Drive))
- SSD Solid State Drive
- the communication between the client device 1000 and the storage devices 2400 is performed according to the protocols of, for example, TCP/IP, FICON (Fibre Connection, registered trademark), ESCON (Enterprise Systems Connection, registered trademark), ACONARC (Advanced Connection Architecture, registered trademark), FIBARC (Fibre Connection Architecture, registered trademark), and others.
- TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol/IP
- FICON Fibre Connection, registered trademark
- ESCON Enterprise Systems Connection, registered trademark
- ACONARC Advanced Connection Architecture, registered trademark
- FIBARC Fibre Connection Architecture, registered trademark
- the management device 1100 is an information processing device (computer) such as a personal computer, an office computer, or others.
- the management device 1100 includes at least a processor 1101 (e.g., a CPU or an MPU), a memory 1002 (e.g., a volatile or non-volatile RAM or a ROM), and a communication interface 1003 (e.g., NIC or an HBA).
- a processor 1101 e.g., a CPU or an MPU
- memory 1002 e.g., a volatile or non-volatile RAM or a ROM
- a communication interface 1003 e.g., NIC or an HBA
- the management device 1100 may also include a storage (e.g., a hard disk or a semiconductor storage device (SSD (Solid State Drive))), inputting devices such as a keyboard, a mouse and others, and outputting devices such as liquid crystal monitors and printers.
- the management device 1100 is connected as communicable with the storage devices 2400 via the management network 5001 .
- the management device 1100 includes a user interface of GUI (Graphical User Interface), CLI (Command Line Interface), or others, and provides the functions for the user or the operator to control or monitor the storage devices 2400 . It is also possible for the management device 1100 to be part of the storage devices 2400 .
- GUI Graphic User Interface
- CLI Common Line Interface
- Each storage device 2400 includes a header device 2500 , a drive controlling device 2100 , and a storage drive 2200 (storage).
- Each of the header device 2500 , the drive controlling device 2100 , and the storage drive 2200 may be packed in a separate chassis, or at least some of these may be packed in the same chassis.
- the functions of the header device 2500 and the drive controlling device 2100 may also be achieved by common hardware.
- the storage devices 2400 are Unified Storages corresponding to multiple protocols (such as iSCSI (Internet Small Computer System Interface), NFS/CIFS (NFS: Network File System, CIFS: Common Internet File System), FC (Fibre Channel), etc.) (i.e., capable of responding to the data input/output requests following multiple protocols).
- iSCSI Internet Small Computer System Interface
- NFS/CIFS NFS/CIFS
- CIFS Common Internet File System
- FC Fibre Channel
- the header device 2500 includes external communication interfaces 2504 , 2505 , 2507 (e.g., NIC and HBA) for the connection with the data network 5000 , the management network 5001 , and the internal network 5002 , and an internal communication interface 2506 (e.g., NIC, HBA, PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect), and PCI-Express (registered trademark)) for the communication with a processor 2501 (e.g., a CPU, an MPU, a DMA (Direct Memory Access), or a custom LSI (Large Scale Integration)), a memory 2502 (volatile or non-volatile RAM or ROM), a cache memory 2503 (volatile or non-volatile RAM), and the drive controlling device 2100 .
- a processor 2501 e.g., a CPU, an MPU, a DMA (Direct Memory Access), or a custom LSI (Large Scale Integration)
- a memory 2502 volatile or non-
- the header device 2500 includes functions for performing the control related to the protocols (e.g., NAS (Network Attached Storage), iSCSI, NFS/CIFS, and FC) required for the communication with the client device 1000 , functions related to file control (file system), and a function of caching data and data input/output requests exchanged with the client device 1000 .
- NAS Network Attached Storage
- iSCSI Internet Protocol
- NFS/CIFS Network Security
- FC file control
- the details of the functions included in the header device 2500 are described later.
- the drive controlling device 2100 includes external communication interfaces 2104 and 2105 (e.g., NIC, HBA, PCI, and PCI-Express) for the connection with the header device 2500 and the management network 5001 , a processor 2101 (e.g., a CPU, an MPU, a DMA or a custom LSI), a memory 2102 (volatile or non-volatile RAM or ROM), a cache memory 2103 (volatile or non-volatile RAM), and a drive communication interface 2106 (e.g., SAS (Serial Attached SCSI), SATA (Serial ATA), PATA (Parallel ATA), FC, or SCSI) for the communication with the storage drive.
- SAS Serial Attached SCSI
- SATA Serial ATA
- PATA Parallel ATA
- FC or SCSI
- the drive controlling device 2100 reads or writes data from or to the storage drive 2200 according to the data input/output requests (hereinafter referred to as drive access requests) transmitted from the header device 2500 .
- the drive controlling device 2100 includes various functions for safely or efficiently utilizing the storage drive 2200 such as the function of controlling the storage drive 2200 by RAID (Redundant Arrays of Inexpensive (or Independent) Disks), the function of providing logical storage devices (LDEVs (Logical DEVices) to the header device 2500 and the client device), the function of verifying the soundness of the data, the function of obtaining snapshots, and others.
- RAID Redundant Arrays of Inexpensive (or Independent) Disks
- LDEVs Logical DEVices
- the details of the functions included in the drive controlling device 2100 are described later.
- the storage drive 2200 is, for example, a hard disk drive conforming to the specified standards (SAS, SATA, FC, PATA, or SCSI), a JBOD (Just a Bunch Of Disks) configured of multiple hard disk drives, or a semiconductor storage device (SSD (Solid State Drive)).
- FIG. 2 shows the functions of the client device 1000 , the management device 1100 , and the storage devices 2400 .
- application software hereinafter referred to as an application 1011
- the application 1011 is the software for providing, for example, file sharing, Email, database or others.
- the communication client 1012 communicates with the storage device 2400 (e.g., transmitting data input/output requests and receiving the responses for the same). For the above-mentioned communication, the communication client 1012 performs the processing (e.g., format conversion and communication control) related to the protocols (e.g., iSCSI, NFS/CIFS, and FC). Note that these functions are achieved by the processor 1001 of the client device 1000 reading the programs stored in the memory 1002 .
- the processing e.g., format conversion and communication control
- the protocols e.g., iSCSI, NFS/CIFS, and FC.
- the management device 1100 includes a management unit 1111 .
- the management unit 1111 sets, controls, and monitors the operations of the storage devices 2400 .
- the management unit 1111 is achieved by the processor 1101 of the management device 1100 through reading and executing the programs stored in the memory 1102 .
- the functions of the management unit 1111 may be achieved either by a different device from the storage devices 2400 or by the storage devices 2400 .
- the header device 2500 of the storage devices 2400 includes an operating system 2511 (including driver software), a volume management unit 2512 , a file system 2513 , one or more communication servers 2514 (protocol servers) (protocol processing units), and a cluster processing unit 2516 . Note that these functions are achieved by the hardware of the header device 2500 or by the processor 2501 reading the programs stored in the memory 2502 .
- the volume management unit 2512 provides a virtual storage area (hereinafter referred to as a virtual volume) based on a logical storage area provided by the storage drive 2200 to the client device 1000 .
- the file system 2513 accepts data input/output requests from the client device 1000 by a file specification method.
- the header device 2500 operates as the NAS (Network Attached Storage) server in the data network 5000 . Note that, though the description of this embodiment assumes the header device 2500 to include the file system 2513 , the header device 2500 does not necessarily include the file system 2513 .
- the header device 2500 may accept data input/output requests by an LBA (Logical Block Address) specification method.
- LBA Logical Block Address
- the communication server 2514 communicates with the communication client 1012 of the client device 1000 and the management unit 1111 of the management device 1100 .
- the communication server 2514 performs the processing related to the protocols (e.g., iSCSI, NFS/CIFS, and FC) (e.g., format conversion and communication control).
- protocols e.g., iSCSI, NFS/CIFS, and FC
- FC format conversion and communication control
- the cluster processing unit 2516 processes the data input/output requests following the previously set cluster definition. For example, if the data input/output request received from the client device 1000 addresses itself, the cluster processing unit 2516 processes the data input/output requests by itself. If the received data input/output request addresses another storage device 2400 , it transmits the relevant data input/output request to the other storage device 2400 handling the processing of the data input/output request.
- the cluster processing unit 2516 manages the above-mentioned cluster definitions in a cluster management table 2517 .
- the drive device 2000 of the storage devices 2400 includes a storage controlling unit 2410 .
- the storage controlling unit 2410 provides the logical volume (hereinafter referred to as an LU 2420 (LU: Logical Unit)) as a logical storage area based on the storage drive 2200 to the header device 2500 .
- the header device 2500 can specify an LU 2420 by specifying an identifier of the LU 2420 (LUN (Logical Unit Number)).
- LUN Logical Unit Number
- the function of the storage controlling unit 2410 is achieved, for example, by an LVM (Logical Volume Manager).
- FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the operations of the storage devices 2400 .
- the storage devices 2400 are Unified Storages corresponding to multiple protocols (iSCSI, NFS/CIFS, FC) (i.e., capable of responding to the data input/output requests following multiple protocols).
- the storage device 2400 shown in the figure corresponds to the both protocols of NFS and iSCSI and includes a communication server 2514 operating as an NFS server and a communication server 2514 operating as an iSCSI target.
- the above-mentioned communication server 2514 operating as an NFS server accepts data input/output requests transmitted from the communication client 1012 operating as an NFS client of a client device 1000 .
- the above-mentioned communication server 2514 operating as an iSCSI target accepts data input/output requests transmitted from the communication client 1012 operating as an iSCSI initiator of a client device 1000 .
- FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the method of accessing the LUs 2420 when newly installing the second storage device 2400 as a Unified Storage in the storage system 1 configured by using the first storage device 2400 as a Unified Storage for the purpose of enhancement of resources (performance, capacity and others) and the like.
- the user or the operator adds the second storage device 2400 by performing the setting of the LUs 2420 to mount on each client device 1000 , the setting of the access path from the client device 1000 to the LUs 2420 , and other settings, by using the user interface provided by the management unit 1111 of the management device 1100 .
- the storage devices 2400 (the first storage device 2400 and the second storage device 2400 ) are recognized as two independent devices by the client device 1000 .
- FIG. 5 similarly to FIG. 4 , shows the case of newly installing the second storage device 2400 .
- a cluster 2811 is configured by using two storage devices 2400 , the first storage device 2400 and the second storage device 2400 . If the cluster 2811 is configured by this method, the first storage device 2400 and the second storage device 2400 are recognized as one virtual storage system by a client device 1000 . Such a cluster 2811 can achieve the data input/output requests transmitted from the client device 1000 , for example, by forwarding or redirecting the requests in the storage devices 2400 .
- FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the case of achieving a cluster 2811 by forwarding
- FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the case of achieving a cluster 2811 by redirection.
- the cluster processing unit 2516 firstly identifies the storage device 2400 which should process the data input/output request received from the client device 1000 . Then, the cluster processing unit 2516 processes the request if the request is the data input/output request which should be processed by itself, and if the request is the data input/output request which should be processed by the other storage device 2400 , transfers the received data input/output request to the other storage device 2400 .
- FIG. 6 is information referred to by the cluster processing unit 2516 (hereinafter referred to as the cluster management table 2517 ) when identifying the storage device 2400 which should process the data input/output request.
- the cluster management table 2517 includes one or more records consisting of a cluster name 611 and a node 612 .
- the cluster name 611 an identifier given to each of the configured cluster groups (hereinafter referred to as a cluster ID) is set.
- a cluster ID an identifier of the storage device 2400 as a component of each cluster
- the cluster processing unit 2516 firstly identifies the storage device 2400 which should process the data input/output request received from the client device 1000 by referring to the cluster management table 2517 . Then, the cluster processing unit 2516 processes the request if the request is the data input/output request which should be processed by itself and, if the request is the data input/output request which should be processed by the other storage device 2400 , notifies the redirecting address (the other storage device 2400 identified (e.g., network address)) to the client device 1000 which transmitted the received data input/output request. The client device 1000 which has received the notification retransmits the data input/output request to the notified redirecting address.
- the redirecting address the other storage device 2400 identified (e.g., network address
- cluster group 2812 a group of clusters (hereinafter referred to as a cluster group 2812 ) can be set in units of protocols by using the characteristics of the Unified Storages (capable of corresponding to multiple protocols).
- FIG. 8 is a diagram showing the case of setting cluster groups 2812 in units of protocols (each with the NFS server and the iSCSI target shown in the figure).
- Cluster groups 2812 can also be achieved by preparing the above-mentioned cluster management table 2517 and performing forwarding or redirection.
- FIG. 9 is an example of the cluster management table 2517 used for managing the cluster group 2812 .
- the cluster management table 2517 includes one or more records consisting of a cluster name 911 , a node 912 , a role 913 , and a node 914 .
- a cluster ID an identifier given to each of the configured clusters
- a device ID an identifier of the storage device 2400 as a component of each cluster
- a protocol ID an identifier for identifying the protocol supported by each cluster group 2812
- an identifier of the storage device 2400 allocated to each role is set.
- a group of storage devices 2400 with the cluster name 911 of “Cluster 1” and the node 914 of “10.1.1.1-10.1.1.5” configure the cluster group 2812 with the NFS server of the role 913 of “NAS-1”.
- a group of storage devices 2400 with the cluster name 911 of “Cluster 1” and the node 914 of “10.1.1.6-10.1.1.10” configure the cluster group 2812 with the iSCSI server of the role 913 of “iSCSI-1”.
- a group of storage devices 2400 with the cluster name 911 of “Cluster 2” and the node 914 of “10.1.1.11-10.1.1.15” configure the cluster group 2812 with the FC (Fibre Channel) server of the role 913 of “FC-1”.
- a group of storage devices 2400 with the cluster name 911 of “Cluster 2” and the node 914 of “10.1.1.16-10.1.1.20” configure the cluster group 2812 with the NFS server of the role 913 of “NAS-2”.
- FIG. 8 shows the active resources in full lines and inactive resources in dashed lines. As shown in the figure, by inactivating the resources of the unused protocols, the processing load on the storage device 2400 can be reduced, and the storage device 2400 can be efficiently operated.
- FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the processing performed when the user or the operator performs initial setting of a cluster 2811 and a cluster group 2812 by operating the management device 1100 (hereinafter referred to as the cluster setting processing S 1000 ). Note that the letter “S” added to the head of the numerals in the description below indicates a step.
- the management unit 1111 of the management device 1100 accepts setting information of the cluster 2811 and setting information of the cluster group 2812 from the user or the operator (S 1011 to S 1012 ). At this time, the management unit 1111 accepts the setting information, for example, by displaying the setting screen of the cluster management table 2517 shown in FIG. 9 .
- the management unit 1111 transmits the accepted setting information to the storage device 2400 via the management network 5001 (S 1013 ).
- the cluster processing unit 2516 of each storage device 2400 receives the setting information transmitted from the management device 1100 (S 1021 ), and reflects the received setting information in the cluster management table 2517 (S 1022 ). After reflecting the setting information in the cluster management table 2517 , the cluster processing unit 2516 of each storage device 2400 transmits a registration completion report to the management device 1100 (S 1023 ).
- the management unit 1111 Upon reception of the registration completion report (S 1031 ), the management unit 1111 transmits a resource setting command the (command for setting activation or inactivation) (S 1032 ) to the cluster processing unit 2516 of each storage device 2400 .
- the cluster processing unit 2516 of each storage device 2400 activates the resources related to the protocols which it handles, and inactivates the resources related to the protocols which it does not handle (S 1042 ).
- This series of processing (S 1031 , 1032 , 1041 , and 1042 ) is not mandatory, but it may also be treated as an option. This may also be applied to the following descriptions.
- the activation of software resources means starting the process of the software, while the inactivation of software resources means terminating or deleting the process of the software.
- the cluster processing unit 2516 performs the operations of starting, terminating and deleting for the interface processing process (nfsd or iSCSI target software).
- FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing the processing of changing the setting of cluster groups 2812 when clusters 2811 and cluster groups 2812 are already set in the storage system 1 (hereinafter referred to as the setting changing processing S 1200 ).
- the management unit 1111 of the management device 1100 accepts setting information of the cluster groups 2812 from the user or the operator (S 1211 ).
- the management unit 1111 accepts the setting information, for example, by displaying the setting screen of the cluster management table 2517 shown in FIG. 9 .
- the management unit 1111 transmits the accepted setting information to each of the storage devices 2400 via the management network 5001 (S 1212 ).
- the cluster processing unit 2516 of each storage device 2400 receives the setting information transmitted from the management device 1100 (S 1221 ), and reflects the received setting information in the cluster management table 2517 (S 1222 ). After reflecting the setting information in the cluster management table 2517 , the cluster processing unit 2516 of each storage device 2400 transmits a registration completion report to the management device 1100 (S 1223 ).
- the management unit 1111 of the management device 1100 identifies the LU 2420 which does not match the newly set setting of the cluster groups 2812 (after the change of the setting) (i.e., the LU not matching the usage of the cluster group 2812 after the change of the setting) (S 1232 ).
- such an LU 2420 is identified by referring to the information related to the LUs 2420 managed by each of the storage devices 2400 .
- FIG. 13 is a table shown as an example of such information (hereinafter referred to as the volume management table 1300 ).
- the current usage 1312 (protocol) of each LU 2420 (LUN 1311 ) is managed.
- the management unit 1111 determines the storage device 2400 as the migration destination of the LU 2420 identified at S 1232 (hereinafter referred to as the migration destination storage device 2400 ) (S 1233 ). This determination by the management unit 1111 is made, after the above-mentioned change of the setting, by selecting one of the storage devices 2400 supporting the protocols matching the usage of the LU 2420 identified at S 1232 from the cluster management table 2517 . Note that, if multiple migration destination storage devices 2400 can be selected at this step, the management unit 1111 selects the most appropriate one in view of, for example, the round-robin method, load distribution, the remaining capacity of the storage area and other factors.
- FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing the details of the migration processing S 1234 .
- the management unit 1111 of the management device 1100 selects one of the identified LUs 2420 (hereinafter referred to as the migration source LU 2420 ) (S 1411 ).
- the management unit 1111 transmits a command for obtaining a snapshot of the migration source LU 2420 to the storage device 2400 in which the selected migration source LU 2420 exists (hereinafter referred to as a migration source storage device 2400 ) (S 1412 ).
- the migration source storage device 2400 obtains the snapshot of the migration source LU 2420 (S 1414 ).
- the management unit 1111 transmits a command for creating the LU as the migration destination of the migration source LU 2420 (hereinafter referred to as a migration destination LU 2420 ) to the migration destination storage device 2400 determined at S 1233 (S 1421 ).
- a migration destination LU 2420 a command for creating the LU as the migration destination of the migration source LU 2420 (hereinafter referred to as a migration destination LU 2420 ) to the migration destination storage device 2400 determined at S 1233 (S 1421 ).
- the migration destination storage device 2400 creates the migration destination LU 2420 (S 1423 ).
- the management unit 1111 transmits a command for replicating the data stored in the migration source LU 2420 to the migration destination LU 2420 to the migration source storage device 2400 and the migration destination storage device 2400 (S 1431 ).
- the migration source storage device 2400 and the migration destination storage device 2400 transfers the snapshot obtained at S 1414 from the migration source LU 2420 to the migration destination LU 2420 (S 1434 and S 1435 ).
- a snapshot replication completion report is transmitted from the migration destination storage device 2400 (or migration source storage device 2400 may also be possible) to the management device 1100 (S 1436 ).
- the management device 1100 receives the transmitted replication completion report (S 1437 ). After receiving the replication completion report, the management device 1100 issues a command for terminating the migration source LU (S 1441 -S 1443 ). Further, the management device 1100 issues a command for starting the migration destination LU (S 1451 -S 1453 ).
- the migration source storage device 2400 is implemented with a function of performing the above-mentioned replication without suspending the services for the client device 1000 (hereinafter referred to as the fault-tolerant migration function)
- differential data while the above-mentioned replication is in process is managed by the cache memory 2503 (which can be replaced by cache memory 2103 ) and the storage drive 2200 , and after the replication is completed, the managed differential data is reflected in the migration destination LU 2420 .
- the management unit 1111 performs the processing for transiting the port connected with the migration source LU 2420 to the port connected with the migration destination LU 2420 (S 1461 ).
- This processing is performed by, for example, setting the IP address of the iSCSI port connected with the migration source LU 2420 to the IP address of the iSCSI port connected with the migration destination LU 2420 .
- it is preferable to perform this transition without changing the settings of the client device 1000 by, for example, changing the IP address by DNS (Domain Name Server (System)) rather than changing the service name or others before and after the migration.
- DNS Domain Name Server
- the management unit 1111 determines whether there are any LUs 2420 not selected at S 1411 . If there are any (S 1462 : YES), the processing returns to S 1411 . If not (S 1462 : NO), the migration processing S 1234 is completed and returns to S 1235 in FIG. 12 .
- the above-mentioned description of the migration processing S 1234 assumes the use of the data replication function among the storage devices 2400 implemented in the storage devices 2400 , but it is also possible to perform the data replication from the migration source LU 2420 to the migration destination LU 2420 by using the replication function implemented in the network switch configuring the data network 5000 , the replication function installed in the client device 1000 or others.
- the management unit 1111 transmits a resource setting command to the cluster processing unit 2516 of each storage device 2400 (S 1235 ).
- the cluster processing unit 2516 of each storage device 2400 performs the resource setting (activation or inactivation) according to the setting of its cluster group 2812 after the change (S 1242 ).
- the cluster processing unit 2516 automatically migrates the data to the LU 2420 of the other storage device 2400 matching the protocol corresponding to the LU 2420 . Therefore, the configuration of the cluster groups 2812 can be changed easily and flexibly by, for example, changing the cluster management table 2517 from the management device 1100 .
- FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing the processing performed in this case (node addition processing S 1600 ).
- the node addition processing S 1600 is described below by referring to the above-mentioned figure.
- the management unit 1111 of the management device 1100 accepts setting information of adding a new node (the fifth storage device 2400 in the above-mentioned figure) to a cluster group 2812 from the user or the operator (S 1611 ). At this time, the management unit 1111 accepts the setting information, for example, by displaying the setting screen of the cluster management table 2517 shown in FIG. 9 .
- the management unit 1111 transmits the above-mentioned accepted setting information to each storage device 2400 via the management network 5001 (S 1612 ).
- the cluster processing unit 2516 of each storage device 2400 receives the setting information transmitted from the management device 1100 (S 1621 ), and reflects the received setting information in the cluster management table 2517 (S 1622 ). After reflecting the setting information in the cluster management table 2517 , the cluster processing unit 2516 of each storage device 2400 transmits a registration completion report to the management device 1100 (S 1623 ).
- the management unit 1111 Upon reception of the registration completion report (S 1631 ), the management unit 1111 determines whether it is necessary to migrate the data (relocate the data) or not due to the addition of the node (S 1632 ). This determination is made with reference to the load information of the LUs 2420 such as the usage status of each LU 2420 in each storage device 2400 or the port performance information connected with each LU 2420 . If data migration is determined to be necessary (S 1632 : YES), the management unit 1111 starts a data migration processing (S 1633 ). This migration processing S 1633 is the same as the above-mentioned migration processing S 1234 shown in FIG. 14 .
- the management unit 1111 transmits a resource setting command to the cluster processing unit 2516 of each storage device 2400 (S 1635 ).
- the cluster processing unit 2516 of each storage device 2400 performs the resource setting (activation or inactivation) according to the setting of its cluster group 2812 after the change (S 1642 ).
- the cluster processing unit 2516 determines whether it is necessary to relocate the data or not according to the load information of the LUs 2420 , and if it is determined to be necessary, automatically migrates the data between the LUs 2420 .
- this method enables easy addition of a new storage device 2400 to the already configured cluster group 2812 . It is also possible to optimize the performance of the storage system 1 by attempting load distribution at the time of relocation.
- FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing the processing performed in this case (node deletion processing S 1800 ).
- the node deletion processing S 1800 is described below by referring to FIG. 18 .
- the management unit 1111 of the management device 1100 accepts setting information of deleting a node (the first storage device 2400 in FIG. 17 ) from a cluster group 2812 from the user or the operator (S 1811 ). At this time, the management unit 1111 accepts the setting information, for example, by displaying the setting screen of the cluster management table 2517 shown in FIG. 9 .
- the management unit 1111 transmits the accepted setting information to each storage device 2400 via the management network 5001 (S 1812 ).
- the cluster processing unit 2516 of each storage device 2400 receives the setting information transmitted from the management device 1100 (S 1821 ), and reflects the received setting information in the cluster management table 2517 (S 1822 ). After reflecting the setting information in the cluster management table 2517 , the cluster processing unit 2516 of each storage device 2400 transmits a registration completion report to the management device 1100 (S 1823 ).
- the management unit 1111 determines the storage device 2400 as the migration destination (hereinafter referred to as the migration destination storage device 2400 ) of the data stored in the LU 2420 (LU 2420 to be deleted) of the storage device 2400 to be deleted (S 1832 ). This determination by the management unit 1111 is made, after the above-mentioned change of the setting, by selecting one of the storage devices 2400 supporting the protocols matching the usage of the LU 2420 to be deleted from the cluster management table 2517 . Note that, if multiple migration destination storage devices 2400 can be selected at this step, the management unit 1111 selects the most appropriate one in view of, for example, the round-robin method, load distribution, the remaining capacity of the storage area and other factors.
- the management unit 1111 starts to migrate the data stored in the LU 2420 of the first storage device 2400 to be deleted to the LU 2420 of another storage device 2400 determined at S 1832 (S 1833 ).
- This migration processing is the same as the above-mentioned migration processing S 1234 shown in FIG. 14 .
- the cluster processing unit 2516 migrates the data to the LU 2420 of another storage device 2400 handling the protocol which used to be handled by the relevant storage device 2400 . This enables easy deletion of the storage device 2400 from the already configured cluster group 2812 .
- FIG. 20 is a flowchart showing the processing performed in this case (node transfer processing S 2000 ).
- the node transfer processing S 2000 is described below by referring to FIG. 20 .
- the management unit 1111 of the management device 1100 accepts setting information of transferring a node ( FIG. 19 shows the case of transferring the second storage device 2400 belonging to the cluster group 2812 of the NAS clusters to the cluster group 2812 (iSCSI clusters)) from the user or the operator (S 2011 ). At this time, the management unit 1111 accepts the setting information, for example, by displaying the setting screen of the cluster management table 2517 shown in FIG. 9 .
- the management unit 1111 transmits the accepted setting information to each storage device 2400 via the management network 5001 (S 2012 ).
- the cluster processing unit 2516 of each storage device 2400 receives the setting information transmitted from the management device 1100 (S 2021 ), and reflects the received setting information in the cluster management table 2517 (S 2022 ). After reflecting the setting information in the cluster management table 2517 , the cluster processing unit 2516 of each storage device 2400 transmits a registration completion report to the management device 1100 (S 2023 ).
- the management unit 1111 determines whether it is necessary to migrate (relocate) the data or not (S 2032 ). This determination is made with reference to the load information of the LUs 2420 such as the usage status of each LU 2420 in each storage device 2400 or the port performance information connected with each LU 2420 . If data migration is determined to be necessary (S 2032 : YES), the management unit 1111 starts a data migration processing (S 2033 ). This processing is the same as the migration processing S 1234 shown in FIG. 14 .
- the management unit 1111 transmits a resource setting command to the cluster processing unit 2516 of each storage device 2400 (S 2035 ).
- the cluster processing unit 2516 of each storage device 2400 performs the resource setting (activation or inactivation) according to the setting of its cluster group 2812 after the change (S 2042 ).
- the cluster processing unit 2516 determines whether it is necessary to relocate the data or not according to the load information of the LUs 2420 , and if it is determined to be necessary, automatically migrates the data between the LUs 2420 .
- this invention enables easy migration of a storage device 2400 configuring a certain cluster group 2812 to another cluster group by changing the contents of the cluster management table 2517 . It is also possible to optimize the performance of the storage system by attempting load distribution at the time of relocation.
- the storage system 1 in this embodiment enables the easy configuration of cluster groups 2812 for each protocol by using a storage device 2400 (Unified Storage) including the communication server 2514 (protocol processing unit) capable of responding to data input/output requests following at least two or more protocols transmitted from the client device 1000 .
- a storage device 2400 Unified Storage
- the communication server 2514 protocol processing unit
Abstract
For the purpose of optimizing the performance separation according to the usage status of the protocol and the storage system performance, in a storage system 1 including multiple storage devices 2400 which includes a storage controlling unit 2410 performing data write to or data read from a storage drive 2200 according to data input/output requests from an external device 1000 and a protocol processing unit 2514 that responds to a processing result for the input/output requests to the external device 1000 and is capable of responding to data input/output requests transmitted from the external device 1000 following at least two or more protocols, in which each of the storage devices 2400 includes a cluster processing unit 2516 configuring clusters 2811 with the other storage devices 2400 for the external device 1000 and a cluster processing unit 2516, the cluster processing unit 2516 is set to configure cluster groups 2812 for each protocol.
Description
- This is a continuation application of U.S. application Ser. No. 12/526,664, filed Aug. 11, 2009, which is a 371 of International Application No. PCT/JP2009/002947, filed on Jun. 26, 2009, the contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference into this application.
- This invention relates to a storage system and control methods for the same, specifically to the technology of optimizing the performance separation according to the usage status of the protocol and the storage system performance.
- For achieving the efficient operation of the storage system, there is a technology of configuring clusters by partitioning the storage system into multiple Logical Partitions (LPARs) and providing the clusters as multiple separate storage systems from the user.
- For example, PTL (Patent Literature) 1 discloses that, in a cluster-type storage system in which multiple, relatively small-scale storage systems (clusters) are connected by the interconnection network and used as one system, for the purpose of solving the problem that the logical partitioning in the range of the limited bandwidth of the interconnection network cannot ensure the performance deserving the resources allocated to the Logical Partitions, the resources of the same cluster are allocated to each Logical Partition.
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PTL 2 discloses that, for the purpose of efficiently utilizing the unused resources in the storage system, the control processor logically partitions the resources including the host I/F, the drive I/F, the disk drive, the data transfer engine, the cache memory and the control processor as the target of partitioning and configures multiple Logical Partitions, and dynamically changes the partitioning ratio for each Logical Partition depending on the number of accesses from the host computer. -
PTL 3 discloses that, when managing Logical Partitions of the subsystem for which storage consolidation has been performed, for preventing the operational errors by the administrator or others when changing the RAID configuration, the function of changing the RAID configuration is allowed to be released in a specified range. -
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- The demand is expected to increase for COS (Cloud Optimized Storage) for the cloud service which, for achieving the low TCO (Total Cost of Ownership), can be started on a small scale with a small initial investment, catch up with the rapid growth (by Scale Out, i.e., installing a new storage system while keeping the configuration of the existing storage system), and flexibly change the configuration.
- Furthermore, storages capable of independently corresponding to multiple protocols (hereinafter referred to as Unified Storages) such as iSCSI (Internet Small Computer System Interface), NFS/CIFS (NFS: Network File System, CIFS: Common Internet File System), or FC (Fibre Channel) are starting to spread.
- It is expected that, in the operation of the storage system for the cloud service using the Unified Storage of the Scale-Out configuration, for optimizing the performance, the demand for efficiently utilizing (partitioning) the resources included in the Unified Storage (such as the CPU and the cache memory) will be evident.
- However, as the Unified Storage processes multiple protocols by common CPU and the cache memory is also shared by the multiple protocols, it is difficult to optimize the performance separation according to the usage status of each protocol and the storage system performance.
- This invention is intended in view of the above-mentioned background for the purpose of providing the storage system and the controlling methods for the same which can optimize the performance separation according to the usage status of the protocol and the storage system performance.
- An aspect of this invention for solving the above-mentioned and other problems is a storage system comprising multiple storage devices, the storage device including:
- a storage controlling unit writing data to a storage and reading data from the storage according to data input/output requests transmitted from an external device; and
- a protocol processing unit responding to the processing result for the input/output requests to the external device and being capable of responding to the data input/output requests following at least two or more protocols transmitted from the external device; wherein
- each of the storage devices includes a cluster processing unit configuring a cluster along with the other storage devices for the external device, and
- the cluster processing unit can configure cluster groups for each of the protocols.
- Thus, by configuring cluster groups for each protocol by using the storage system using the storage device (Unified Storage) including the protocol processing unit capable of responding to the data input/output requests following at least two or more protocols transmitted from the external device, it becomes possible to optimize the performance separation according to the usage status of the protocol as well as the entire storage system performance.
- Another aspect of this invention is the above-mentioned storage system, wherein
- the storage device stores a cluster management table in which the protocols handled by the cluster groups to which the storage devices belong are managed, and
- the cluster processing unit configures a cluster group for each of the protocols by forwarding or redirecting the data input/output requests transmitted from the external device to the other storage devices according to the cluster management table.
- This invention enables easy configuration of cluster groups for each of the protocols by the cluster management table in which the protocols handled by the cluster group to which the storage devices belong are managed and the forwarding or redirecting function is included in the cluster processing unit.
- Another aspect of this invention is the above-mentioned storage system, wherein
- if cluster groups for each of the protocols are configured, the cluster processing unit inactivates resources for achieving the protocols other than the protocol handled by the cluster group to which the storage device belongs among the resources for processing the protocols in the storage device.
- As it is not necessary to activate protocols other than the protocol handled by the cluster group to which the storage device belongs, by inactivating such resources, the processing load on the storage device is reduced and the storage device can be efficiently operated.
- Another aspect of this invention is the above-mentioned storage system, wherein
- the storage device stores the cluster management table in which the protocols handled by the cluster group to which each of the storage devices belongs are managed,
- the storage device provides the storage area of the storage in units of logical volumes which are the logically set storage area to the external device, and
- if the contents of the cluster management table are changed when the cluster group for each of the protocols has already been configured and if the protocol to which the logical volumes correspond does not match the protocol which the storage device to which the relevant logical volume belongs is supposed to handle after the change, the cluster processing unit migrates the data of the logical volume to the logical volume of the storage device of the other storage device which is supposed to handle the protocol after the change with which the relevant logical volume corresponds.
- Thus, if the contents of the cluster management table are changed, the cluster processing unit automatically migrates the data to the logical volume of the other storage device matching the protocol to which the logical volume corresponds. Therefore, for example, by changing the cluster management table from a management device, the configuration of the cluster groups can be changed easily and flexibly.
- Another aspect of this invention is the above-mentioned storage system, wherein
- the storage device stores the cluster management table in which the protocols handled by the cluster group to which each of the storage devices belongs are managed,
- the storage device provides the storage area of the storage in units of logical volumes which are the logically set storage area to the external device, and
- if the contents of the cluster management table are changed to newly add a storage device to an already configured cluster group when the cluster groups for each of the protocols have already been configured, the cluster processing unit determines whether it is necessary to relocate the data or not according to load information of the logical volume, and if it is determined to be necessary, migrates the data between the logical volumes.
- As mentioned above, if the contents of the cluster management table are changed to newly add the storage device to the already configured cluster group when the cluster groups for each of the protocols have already been configured, the cluster processing unit determines whether it is necessary to relocate the data or not according to the load information of the logical volume, and if it is determined to be necessary, migrates the data between the logical volumes. Thus, this invention enables easy addition of a new storage device to the already configured cluster group by changing the contents of the cluster management table. It is also possible to optimize the performance of the storage system by attempting load distribution at the time of relocation.
- Another aspect of this invention is the above-mentioned storage system, wherein
- the storage device stores the cluster management table in which the protocols handled by the cluster group to which each of the storage devices belongs are managed,
- the storage device provides the storage area of the storage in units of logical volumes which are the logically set storage area to the external device, and
- if the contents of the cluster management table are changed to delete a storage device from an already configured cluster group when the cluster groups for each of the protocols have already been configured, the cluster processing unit migrates the data of the logical volume of the storage device to be deleted to the logical volume of another storage device handling the protocol which the relevant storage device used to handle.
- As mentioned above, if the contents of the cluster management table are changed to delete the storage device from the already configured cluster group when the cluster groups for each of the protocols have already been configured, the cluster processing unit migrates the data to the logical volume of the other storage device handling the protocol which the relevant storage device used to handle. Thus, this invention enables easy deletion of a storage device from the already configured cluster group by changing the contents of the cluster management table.
- Another aspect of this invention is the above-mentioned storage system, wherein
- the storage device stores the cluster management table in which the protocols handled by the cluster group to which each of the storage devices belongs are managed,
- the storage device provides the storage area of the storage in units of logical volumes which are the logically set storage area to the external device, and
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- if the contents of the cluster management table are changed to migrate a storage device configuring a certain cluster group to another cluster group when the cluster groups for each of the protocols have already been configured, the cluster processing unit determines whether it is necessary to relocate the data or not according to the load information of the logical volume, and if it is determined to be necessary, migrates the data between the logical volumes.
- As mentioned above, if the contents of the cluster management table are changed to migrate the storage device configuring a certain cluster group to the other cluster group when the cluster groups for each of the protocols have already been configured, the cluster processing unit determines whether it is necessary to relocate the data or not according to the load information of the logical volume, and if it is determined to be necessary, migrates the data between the logical volumes. Thus, this invention enables easy migration of a storage device configuring a certain cluster group to the other cluster group by changing the contents of the cluster management table. It is also possible to optimize the performance of the storage system by attempting load distribution at the time of relocation.
- Note that the protocol is at least one of iSCSI (Internet Small Computer System Interface), NFS/CIFS (NFS: Network File System, CIFS: Common Internet File System), and FC (Fibre Channel).
- The other problems and the means for solving for the same disclosed by this application are described in the embodiments and the attached figures.
- By this invention, the performance separation according to the usage status of the protocol and the storage system performance can be optimized.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the configuration of thestorage system 1. -
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the functions of theclient device 1000, themanagement device 1100, and thestorage devices 2400. -
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the operations of thestorage devices 2400. -
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the method of accessing theLUs 2420 when newly installing a Unified Storage. -
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the case of achieving a cluster by forwarding. -
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of the cluster management table 2517. -
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the case of achieving a cluster by redirection. -
FIG. 8 is a diagram showing the case of settingcluster groups 2812 in units of protocols. -
FIG. 9 is an example of the cluster management table 2517. -
FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the cluster group setting processing S1000. -
FIG. 11 is a diagram showing the case of changing the settings of thecluster groups 2812. -
FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing the setting changing processing S1200. -
FIG. 13 is an example of the volume management table 1300. -
FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing the migration processing 1234. -
FIG. 15 is a diagram showing the case of adding a new node to acluster group 2812. -
FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing the node addition processing S1600. -
FIG. 17 is a diagram showing the case of deleting a node from a cluster group -
FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing the node deletion processing S1800. -
FIG. 19 is a diagram showing the case of migrating a node between thecluster groups 2812. -
FIG. 20 is a flowchart showing the node migration processing S2000. - The embodiments are described below.
FIG. 1 shows the schematic view of the configuration of thestorage system 1 described as an embodiment. As shown inFIG. 1 , thisstorage system 1 includesmultiple storage devices 2400, one or more client devices 1000 (external device), and amanagement device 1100 installed in thefirst site 6000 such as a data center, a system operation center or others. - The
client device 1000 and thestorage devices 2400 are connected as communicable via adata network 5000. Thedata network 5000 is, for example, LAN (Local Area Network), WAN (Wide Area Network), or SAN (Storage Area Network). Thestorage devices 2400 are connected as communicable with themanagement device 1100 via amanagement network 5001. Themanagement network 5001 is, for example, LAN or WAN. Thestorage devices 2400 are connected as communicable with other storage systems installed in the other sites (thesecond site 7000 and the third site 8000) via aninternal network 5002 and anexternal network 5003. Theinternal network 5002 is, for example, LAN, WAN, or SAN. Theexternal network 5003 includes LAN, WAN, SAN, the Internet, a public telecommunication network and exclusive lines. Note that it is also possible to achieve thedata network 5000, themanagement network 5001, theinternal network 5002, and theexternal network 5003 by sharing the same physical communication media by a method of logically partitioning the communication bandwidth such as VLAN (Virtual LAN). - The
client device 1000 is the device for accessing thestorage devices 2400 and transmits data input/output requests (data write requests/data read requests) to thestorage devices 2400. Theclient device 1000 transmits data input/output requests in units of blocks or files to thestorage devices 2400. - The
client device 1000 is an information processing device (computer) such as a personal computer, an office computer, mainframe or others. Theclient device 1000 includes at least a processor 1001 (e.g., a CPU (Central Processing Unit) or an MPU (Micro Processing Unit)), a memory 1002 (e.g., a volatile or non-volatile RAM (Random Access Memory) or a ROM (Read Only Memory)), and a communication interface 1003 (e.g., NIC (Network Interface Card) or an HBA (Host Bus Adaptor)). Theclient device 1000 may also include a storage (e.g., hard disk or a semiconductor storage device (SSD (Solid State Drive))), inputting devices such as a keyboard, a mouse and others, and outputting devices such as liquid crystal monitors and printers. - The communication between the
client device 1000 and thestorage devices 2400 is performed according to the protocols of, for example, TCP/IP, FICON (Fibre Connection, registered trademark), ESCON (Enterprise Systems Connection, registered trademark), ACONARC (Advanced Connection Architecture, registered trademark), FIBARC (Fibre Connection Architecture, registered trademark), and others. - The
management device 1100 is an information processing device (computer) such as a personal computer, an office computer, or others. Themanagement device 1100 includes at least a processor 1101 (e.g., a CPU or an MPU), a memory 1002 (e.g., a volatile or non-volatile RAM or a ROM), and a communication interface 1003 (e.g., NIC or an HBA). - The
management device 1100 may also include a storage (e.g., a hard disk or a semiconductor storage device (SSD (Solid State Drive))), inputting devices such as a keyboard, a mouse and others, and outputting devices such as liquid crystal monitors and printers. Themanagement device 1100 is connected as communicable with thestorage devices 2400 via themanagement network 5001. Themanagement device 1100 includes a user interface of GUI (Graphical User Interface), CLI (Command Line Interface), or others, and provides the functions for the user or the operator to control or monitor thestorage devices 2400. It is also possible for themanagement device 1100 to be part of thestorage devices 2400. - Each
storage device 2400 includes aheader device 2500, adrive controlling device 2100, and a storage drive 2200 (storage). Each of theheader device 2500, thedrive controlling device 2100, and thestorage drive 2200 may be packed in a separate chassis, or at least some of these may be packed in the same chassis. The functions of theheader device 2500 and thedrive controlling device 2100 may also be achieved by common hardware. - The
storage devices 2400 are Unified Storages corresponding to multiple protocols (such as iSCSI (Internet Small Computer System Interface), NFS/CIFS (NFS: Network File System, CIFS: Common Internet File System), FC (Fibre Channel), etc.) (i.e., capable of responding to the data input/output requests following multiple protocols). - The
header device 2500 includesexternal communication interfaces data network 5000, themanagement network 5001, and theinternal network 5002, and an internal communication interface 2506 (e.g., NIC, HBA, PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect), and PCI-Express (registered trademark)) for the communication with a processor 2501 (e.g., a CPU, an MPU, a DMA (Direct Memory Access), or a custom LSI (Large Scale Integration)), a memory 2502 (volatile or non-volatile RAM or ROM), a cache memory 2503 (volatile or non-volatile RAM), and thedrive controlling device 2100. - The
header device 2500 includes functions for performing the control related to the protocols (e.g., NAS (Network Attached Storage), iSCSI, NFS/CIFS, and FC) required for the communication with theclient device 1000, functions related to file control (file system), and a function of caching data and data input/output requests exchanged with theclient device 1000. The details of the functions included in theheader device 2500 are described later. - The
drive controlling device 2100 includesexternal communication interfaces 2104 and 2105 (e.g., NIC, HBA, PCI, and PCI-Express) for the connection with theheader device 2500 and themanagement network 5001, a processor 2101 (e.g., a CPU, an MPU, a DMA or a custom LSI), a memory 2102 (volatile or non-volatile RAM or ROM), a cache memory 2103 (volatile or non-volatile RAM), and a drive communication interface 2106 (e.g., SAS (Serial Attached SCSI), SATA (Serial ATA), PATA (Parallel ATA), FC, or SCSI) for the communication with the storage drive. - The
drive controlling device 2100 reads or writes data from or to thestorage drive 2200 according to the data input/output requests (hereinafter referred to as drive access requests) transmitted from theheader device 2500. Thedrive controlling device 2100 includes various functions for safely or efficiently utilizing thestorage drive 2200 such as the function of controlling thestorage drive 2200 by RAID (Redundant Arrays of Inexpensive (or Independent) Disks), the function of providing logical storage devices (LDEVs (Logical DEVices) to theheader device 2500 and the client device), the function of verifying the soundness of the data, the function of obtaining snapshots, and others. The details of the functions included in thedrive controlling device 2100 are described later. - The
storage drive 2200 is, for example, a hard disk drive conforming to the specified standards (SAS, SATA, FC, PATA, or SCSI), a JBOD (Just a Bunch Of Disks) configured of multiple hard disk drives, or a semiconductor storage device (SSD (Solid State Drive)). -
FIG. 2 shows the functions of theclient device 1000, themanagement device 1100, and thestorage devices 2400. In theclient device 1000, application software (hereinafter referred to as an application 1011) and acommunication client 1012 are executed. Theapplication 1011 is the software for providing, for example, file sharing, Email, database or others. - The communication client 1012 (protocol client) communicates with the storage device 2400 (e.g., transmitting data input/output requests and receiving the responses for the same). For the above-mentioned communication, the
communication client 1012 performs the processing (e.g., format conversion and communication control) related to the protocols (e.g., iSCSI, NFS/CIFS, and FC). Note that these functions are achieved by theprocessor 1001 of theclient device 1000 reading the programs stored in thememory 1002. - The
management device 1100 includes amanagement unit 1111. Themanagement unit 1111 sets, controls, and monitors the operations of thestorage devices 2400. Note that themanagement unit 1111 is achieved by theprocessor 1101 of themanagement device 1100 through reading and executing the programs stored in thememory 1102. The functions of themanagement unit 1111 may be achieved either by a different device from thestorage devices 2400 or by thestorage devices 2400. - The
header device 2500 of thestorage devices 2400 includes an operating system 2511 (including driver software), avolume management unit 2512, afile system 2513, one or more communication servers 2514 (protocol servers) (protocol processing units), and acluster processing unit 2516. Note that these functions are achieved by the hardware of theheader device 2500 or by theprocessor 2501 reading the programs stored in thememory 2502. - The
volume management unit 2512 provides a virtual storage area (hereinafter referred to as a virtual volume) based on a logical storage area provided by thestorage drive 2200 to theclient device 1000. - The
file system 2513 accepts data input/output requests from theclient device 1000 by a file specification method. Theheader device 2500 operates as the NAS (Network Attached Storage) server in thedata network 5000. Note that, though the description of this embodiment assumes theheader device 2500 to include thefile system 2513, theheader device 2500 does not necessarily include thefile system 2513. Theheader device 2500, for example, may accept data input/output requests by an LBA (Logical Block Address) specification method. - The
communication server 2514 communicates with thecommunication client 1012 of theclient device 1000 and themanagement unit 1111 of themanagement device 1100. For the above-mentioned communication, thecommunication server 2514 performs the processing related to the protocols (e.g., iSCSI, NFS/CIFS, and FC) (e.g., format conversion and communication control). - The
cluster processing unit 2516 processes the data input/output requests following the previously set cluster definition. For example, if the data input/output request received from theclient device 1000 addresses itself, thecluster processing unit 2516 processes the data input/output requests by itself. If the received data input/output request addresses anotherstorage device 2400, it transmits the relevant data input/output request to theother storage device 2400 handling the processing of the data input/output request. Thecluster processing unit 2516 manages the above-mentioned cluster definitions in a cluster management table 2517. - The
drive device 2000 of thestorage devices 2400 includes astorage controlling unit 2410. Thestorage controlling unit 2410 provides the logical volume (hereinafter referred to as an LU 2420 (LU: Logical Unit)) as a logical storage area based on thestorage drive 2200 to theheader device 2500. Theheader device 2500 can specify anLU 2420 by specifying an identifier of the LU 2420 (LUN (Logical Unit Number)). The function of thestorage controlling unit 2410 is achieved, for example, by an LVM (Logical Volume Manager). -
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the operations of thestorage devices 2400. As mentioned above, thestorage devices 2400 are Unified Storages corresponding to multiple protocols (iSCSI, NFS/CIFS, FC) (i.e., capable of responding to the data input/output requests following multiple protocols). Thestorage device 2400 shown in the figure corresponds to the both protocols of NFS and iSCSI and includes acommunication server 2514 operating as an NFS server and acommunication server 2514 operating as an iSCSI target. Among these, the above-mentionedcommunication server 2514 operating as an NFS server accepts data input/output requests transmitted from thecommunication client 1012 operating as an NFS client of aclient device 1000. Meanwhile, the above-mentionedcommunication server 2514 operating as an iSCSI target accepts data input/output requests transmitted from thecommunication client 1012 operating as an iSCSI initiator of aclient device 1000. -
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the method of accessing theLUs 2420 when newly installing thesecond storage device 2400 as a Unified Storage in thestorage system 1 configured by using thefirst storage device 2400 as a Unified Storage for the purpose of enhancement of resources (performance, capacity and others) and the like. The user or the operator adds thesecond storage device 2400 by performing the setting of theLUs 2420 to mount on eachclient device 1000, the setting of the access path from theclient device 1000 to theLUs 2420, and other settings, by using the user interface provided by themanagement unit 1111 of themanagement device 1100. Note that, by this method, the storage devices 2400 (thefirst storage device 2400 and the second storage device 2400) are recognized as two independent devices by theclient device 1000. -
FIG. 5 , similarly toFIG. 4 , shows the case of newly installing thesecond storage device 2400. However, it is different fromFIG. 4 in that acluster 2811 is configured by using twostorage devices 2400, thefirst storage device 2400 and thesecond storage device 2400. If thecluster 2811 is configured by this method, thefirst storage device 2400 and thesecond storage device 2400 are recognized as one virtual storage system by aclient device 1000. Such acluster 2811 can achieve the data input/output requests transmitted from theclient device 1000, for example, by forwarding or redirecting the requests in thestorage devices 2400. -
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the case of achieving acluster 2811 by forwarding, andFIG. 7 is a diagram showing the case of achieving acluster 2811 by redirection. - As shown in
FIG. 5 , in the case of forwarding, thecluster processing unit 2516 firstly identifies thestorage device 2400 which should process the data input/output request received from theclient device 1000. Then, thecluster processing unit 2516 processes the request if the request is the data input/output request which should be processed by itself, and if the request is the data input/output request which should be processed by theother storage device 2400, transfers the received data input/output request to theother storage device 2400. -
FIG. 6 is information referred to by the cluster processing unit 2516 (hereinafter referred to as the cluster management table 2517) when identifying thestorage device 2400 which should process the data input/output request. As shown in the figure, the cluster management table 2517 includes one or more records consisting of acluster name 611 and anode 612. In thecluster name 611, an identifier given to each of the configured cluster groups (hereinafter referred to as a cluster ID) is set. In thenode 612, an identifier of thestorage device 2400 as a component of each cluster (hereinafter referred to as a device ID) is set. - As shown in
FIG. 7 , in the case of redirection, thecluster processing unit 2516 firstly identifies thestorage device 2400 which should process the data input/output request received from theclient device 1000 by referring to the cluster management table 2517. Then, thecluster processing unit 2516 processes the request if the request is the data input/output request which should be processed by itself and, if the request is the data input/output request which should be processed by theother storage device 2400, notifies the redirecting address (theother storage device 2400 identified (e.g., network address)) to theclient device 1000 which transmitted the received data input/output request. Theclient device 1000 which has received the notification retransmits the data input/output request to the notified redirecting address. - Though the methods of achieving
cluster groups 2811 without depending on the protocols have been described above, a group of clusters (hereinafter referred to as a cluster group 2812) can be set in units of protocols by using the characteristics of the Unified Storages (capable of corresponding to multiple protocols). -
FIG. 8 is a diagram showing the case of settingcluster groups 2812 in units of protocols (each with the NFS server and the iSCSI target shown in the figure).Cluster groups 2812 can also be achieved by preparing the above-mentioned cluster management table 2517 and performing forwarding or redirection. -
FIG. 9 is an example of the cluster management table 2517 used for managing thecluster group 2812. As shown in the figure, the cluster management table 2517 includes one or more records consisting of acluster name 911, anode 912, arole 913, and anode 914. In thecluster name 911, an identifier given to each of the configured clusters (hereinafter referred to as a cluster ID) is set. In thenode 912, an identifier of thestorage device 2400 as a component of each cluster (hereinafter referred to as a device ID) is set. In therole 913, an identifier for identifying the protocol supported by each cluster group 2812 (hereinafter referred to as a protocol ID) is set. In thenode 914, an identifier of thestorage device 2400 allocated to each role is set. - In the cluster management table 2517 shown in
FIG. 9 , a group ofstorage devices 2400 with thecluster name 911 of “Cluster 1” and thenode 914 of “10.1.1.1-10.1.1.5” configure thecluster group 2812 with the NFS server of therole 913 of “NAS-1”. A group ofstorage devices 2400 with thecluster name 911 of “Cluster 1” and thenode 914 of “10.1.1.6-10.1.1.10” configure thecluster group 2812 with the iSCSI server of therole 913 of “iSCSI-1”. A group ofstorage devices 2400 with thecluster name 911 of “Cluster 2” and thenode 914 of “10.1.1.11-10.1.1.15” configure thecluster group 2812 with the FC (Fibre Channel) server of therole 913 of “FC-1”. A group ofstorage devices 2400 with thecluster name 911 of “Cluster 2” and thenode 914 of “10.1.1.16-10.1.1.20” configure thecluster group 2812 with the NFS server of therole 913 of “NAS-2”. - Note that, for setting a
cluster group 2812 in units of protocols, it can be considered to inactivate resources (hardware resources and software resources) for achieving the protocols unused by eachstorage device 2400.FIG. 8 shows the active resources in full lines and inactive resources in dashed lines. As shown in the figure, by inactivating the resources of the unused protocols, the processing load on thestorage device 2400 can be reduced, and thestorage device 2400 can be efficiently operated. -
FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the processing performed when the user or the operator performs initial setting of acluster 2811 and acluster group 2812 by operating the management device 1100 (hereinafter referred to as the cluster setting processing S1000). Note that the letter “S” added to the head of the numerals in the description below indicates a step. - Firstly, the
management unit 1111 of themanagement device 1100 accepts setting information of thecluster 2811 and setting information of thecluster group 2812 from the user or the operator (S1011 to S1012). At this time, themanagement unit 1111 accepts the setting information, for example, by displaying the setting screen of the cluster management table 2517 shown inFIG. 9 . - Next, the
management unit 1111 transmits the accepted setting information to thestorage device 2400 via the management network 5001 (S1013). Thecluster processing unit 2516 of eachstorage device 2400 receives the setting information transmitted from the management device 1100 (S1021), and reflects the received setting information in the cluster management table 2517 (S1022). After reflecting the setting information in the cluster management table 2517, thecluster processing unit 2516 of eachstorage device 2400 transmits a registration completion report to the management device 1100 (S1023). - Upon reception of the registration completion report (S1031), the
management unit 1111 transmits a resource setting command the (command for setting activation or inactivation) (S1032) to thecluster processing unit 2516 of eachstorage device 2400. Upon reception of the resource setting command (S1041), thecluster processing unit 2516 of eachstorage device 2400 activates the resources related to the protocols which it handles, and inactivates the resources related to the protocols which it does not handle (S1042). This series of processing (S1031, 1032, 1041, and 1042) is not mandatory, but it may also be treated as an option. This may also be applied to the following descriptions. - Note that the activation of software resources means starting the process of the software, while the inactivation of software resources means terminating or deleting the process of the software.
- The
cluster processing unit 2516, according to the interface protocol allocated to the node, performs the operations of starting, terminating and deleting for the interface processing process (nfsd or iSCSI target software). - Next, the case of changing the setting of
cluster groups 2812 whenclusters 2811 andcluster groups 2812 are already set in thestorage system 1, as shown inFIG. 11 , is described below.FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing the processing of changing the setting ofcluster groups 2812 whenclusters 2811 andcluster groups 2812 are already set in the storage system 1 (hereinafter referred to as the setting changing processing S1200). - Firstly, the
management unit 1111 of themanagement device 1100 accepts setting information of thecluster groups 2812 from the user or the operator (S1211). Themanagement unit 1111 accepts the setting information, for example, by displaying the setting screen of the cluster management table 2517 shown inFIG. 9 . - Next, the
management unit 1111 transmits the accepted setting information to each of thestorage devices 2400 via the management network 5001 (S1212). Thecluster processing unit 2516 of eachstorage device 2400 receives the setting information transmitted from the management device 1100 (S1221), and reflects the received setting information in the cluster management table 2517 (S1222). After reflecting the setting information in the cluster management table 2517, thecluster processing unit 2516 of eachstorage device 2400 transmits a registration completion report to the management device 1100 (S1223). - Upon reception of the registration completion report (S1231), the
management unit 1111 of themanagement device 1100 identifies theLU 2420 which does not match the newly set setting of the cluster groups 2812 (after the change of the setting) (i.e., the LU not matching the usage of thecluster group 2812 after the change of the setting) (S1232). At this step, such anLU 2420 is identified by referring to the information related to theLUs 2420 managed by each of thestorage devices 2400.FIG. 13 is a table shown as an example of such information (hereinafter referred to as the volume management table 1300). In the volume management table 1300 shown in the figure, the current usage 1312 (protocol) of each LU 2420 (LUN 1311) is managed. - Next, the
management unit 1111 determines thestorage device 2400 as the migration destination of theLU 2420 identified at S1232 (hereinafter referred to as the migration destination storage device 2400) (S1233). This determination by themanagement unit 1111 is made, after the above-mentioned change of the setting, by selecting one of thestorage devices 2400 supporting the protocols matching the usage of theLU 2420 identified at S1232 from the cluster management table 2517. Note that, if multiple migrationdestination storage devices 2400 can be selected at this step, themanagement unit 1111 selects the most appropriate one in view of, for example, the round-robin method, load distribution, the remaining capacity of the storage area and other factors. - Next, the
management unit 1111 starts the processing of migrating the data of the identifiedLU 2420 to the determined destination (hereinafter referred to as the migration processing S1234) (S1234).FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing the details of the migration processing S1234. - Firstly, the
management unit 1111 of themanagement device 1100 selects one of the identified LUs 2420 (hereinafter referred to as the migration source LU 2420) (S1411). Next, themanagement unit 1111 transmits a command for obtaining a snapshot of themigration source LU 2420 to thestorage device 2400 in which the selectedmigration source LU 2420 exists (hereinafter referred to as a migration source storage device 2400) (S1412). Upon reception of the command for obtaining the snapshot (S1413), the migrationsource storage device 2400 obtains the snapshot of the migration source LU 2420 (S1414). - Next, the
management unit 1111 transmits a command for creating the LU as the migration destination of the migration source LU 2420 (hereinafter referred to as a migration destination LU 2420) to the migrationdestination storage device 2400 determined at S1233 (S1421). Upon reception of the above-mentioned creation command (S1422), the migrationdestination storage device 2400 creates the migration destination LU 2420 (S1423). - Next, the
management unit 1111 transmits a command for replicating the data stored in themigration source LU 2420 to themigration destination LU 2420 to the migrationsource storage device 2400 and the migration destination storage device 2400 (S1431). Upon reception of the above-mentioned replication command (S1432 and S1433), the migrationsource storage device 2400 and the migrationdestination storage device 2400 transfers the snapshot obtained at S1414 from themigration source LU 2420 to the migration destination LU 2420 (S1434 and S1435). After the replication is completed, a snapshot replication completion report is transmitted from the migration destination storage device 2400 (or migrationsource storage device 2400 may also be possible) to the management device 1100 (S1436). Themanagement device 1100 receives the transmitted replication completion report (S1437). After receiving the replication completion report, themanagement device 1100 issues a command for terminating the migration source LU (S1441-S1443). Further, themanagement device 1100 issues a command for starting the migration destination LU (S1451-S1453). - Note that, if the migration
source storage device 2400 is implemented with a function of performing the above-mentioned replication without suspending the services for the client device 1000 (hereinafter referred to as the fault-tolerant migration function), differential data while the above-mentioned replication is in process is managed by the cache memory 2503 (which can be replaced by cache memory 2103) and thestorage drive 2200, and after the replication is completed, the managed differential data is reflected in themigration destination LU 2420. - Next, the
management unit 1111 performs the processing for transiting the port connected with themigration source LU 2420 to the port connected with the migration destination LU 2420 (S1461). This processing is performed by, for example, setting the IP address of the iSCSI port connected with themigration source LU 2420 to the IP address of the iSCSI port connected with themigration destination LU 2420. Note that it is preferable to perform this transition without changing the settings of theclient device 1000 by, for example, changing the IP address by DNS (Domain Name Server (System)) rather than changing the service name or others before and after the migration. - At S1462, the
management unit 1111 determines whether there are any LUs 2420 not selected at S1411. If there are any (S1462: YES), the processing returns to S1411. If not (S1462: NO), the migration processing S1234 is completed and returns to S1235 inFIG. 12 . - Note that the above-mentioned description of the migration processing S1234 assumes the use of the data replication function among the
storage devices 2400 implemented in thestorage devices 2400, but it is also possible to perform the data replication from themigration source LU 2420 to themigration destination LU 2420 by using the replication function implemented in the network switch configuring thedata network 5000, the replication function installed in theclient device 1000 or others. - The description returns to
FIG. 12 again. At S1235, themanagement unit 1111 transmits a resource setting command to thecluster processing unit 2516 of each storage device 2400 (S1235). Upon reception of the transmitted resource setting command (S1241), thecluster processing unit 2516 of eachstorage device 2400 performs the resource setting (activation or inactivation) according to the setting of itscluster group 2812 after the change (S1242). - As mentioned above, if the contents of the cluster management table 2517 are changed, the
cluster processing unit 2516 automatically migrates the data to theLU 2420 of theother storage device 2400 matching the protocol corresponding to theLU 2420. Therefore, the configuration of thecluster groups 2812 can be changed easily and flexibly by, for example, changing the cluster management table 2517 from themanagement device 1100. - Next, as shown in
FIG. 15 , the case of adding a new node (storage device 2400) to an existingcluster group 2812 is described below.FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing the processing performed in this case (node addition processing S1600). The node addition processing S1600 is described below by referring to the above-mentioned figure. - Firstly, the
management unit 1111 of themanagement device 1100 accepts setting information of adding a new node (thefifth storage device 2400 in the above-mentioned figure) to acluster group 2812 from the user or the operator (S1611). At this time, themanagement unit 1111 accepts the setting information, for example, by displaying the setting screen of the cluster management table 2517 shown inFIG. 9 . - Next, the
management unit 1111 transmits the above-mentioned accepted setting information to eachstorage device 2400 via the management network 5001 (S1612). Thecluster processing unit 2516 of eachstorage device 2400 receives the setting information transmitted from the management device 1100 (S1621), and reflects the received setting information in the cluster management table 2517 (S1622). After reflecting the setting information in the cluster management table 2517, thecluster processing unit 2516 of eachstorage device 2400 transmits a registration completion report to the management device 1100 (S1623). - Upon reception of the registration completion report (S1631), the
management unit 1111 determines whether it is necessary to migrate the data (relocate the data) or not due to the addition of the node (S1632). This determination is made with reference to the load information of theLUs 2420 such as the usage status of eachLU 2420 in eachstorage device 2400 or the port performance information connected with eachLU 2420. If data migration is determined to be necessary (S1632: YES), themanagement unit 1111 starts a data migration processing (S1633). This migration processing S1633 is the same as the above-mentioned migration processing S1234 shown inFIG. 14 . - Next, the
management unit 1111 transmits a resource setting command to thecluster processing unit 2516 of each storage device 2400 (S1635). Upon reception of the transmitted resource setting command (S1641), thecluster processing unit 2516 of eachstorage device 2400 performs the resource setting (activation or inactivation) according to the setting of itscluster group 2812 after the change (S1642). - As mentioned above, if the contents of the cluster management table 2517 are changed to add a
new storage device 2400 to an existingcluster group 2812, thecluster processing unit 2516 determines whether it is necessary to relocate the data or not according to the load information of theLUs 2420, and if it is determined to be necessary, automatically migrates the data between theLUs 2420. As mentioned above, this method enables easy addition of anew storage device 2400 to the already configuredcluster group 2812. It is also possible to optimize the performance of thestorage system 1 by attempting load distribution at the time of relocation. - The Case of Deleting Node from Cluster Group
- Next, as shown in
FIG. 17 , the case of deleting a node from an existingcluster group 2812 is described below.FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing the processing performed in this case (node deletion processing S1800). The node deletion processing S1800 is described below by referring toFIG. 18 . - Firstly, the
management unit 1111 of themanagement device 1100 accepts setting information of deleting a node (thefirst storage device 2400 inFIG. 17 ) from acluster group 2812 from the user or the operator (S1811). At this time, themanagement unit 1111 accepts the setting information, for example, by displaying the setting screen of the cluster management table 2517 shown inFIG. 9 . - Next, the
management unit 1111 transmits the accepted setting information to eachstorage device 2400 via the management network 5001 (S1812). Thecluster processing unit 2516 of eachstorage device 2400 receives the setting information transmitted from the management device 1100 (S1821), and reflects the received setting information in the cluster management table 2517 (S1822). After reflecting the setting information in the cluster management table 2517, thecluster processing unit 2516 of eachstorage device 2400 transmits a registration completion report to the management device 1100 (S1823). - Upon reception of the registration completion report (S1831), the
management unit 1111 determines thestorage device 2400 as the migration destination (hereinafter referred to as the migration destination storage device 2400) of the data stored in the LU 2420 (LU 2420 to be deleted) of thestorage device 2400 to be deleted (S1832). This determination by themanagement unit 1111 is made, after the above-mentioned change of the setting, by selecting one of thestorage devices 2400 supporting the protocols matching the usage of theLU 2420 to be deleted from the cluster management table 2517. Note that, if multiple migrationdestination storage devices 2400 can be selected at this step, themanagement unit 1111 selects the most appropriate one in view of, for example, the round-robin method, load distribution, the remaining capacity of the storage area and other factors. - Next, the
management unit 1111 starts to migrate the data stored in theLU 2420 of thefirst storage device 2400 to be deleted to theLU 2420 of anotherstorage device 2400 determined at S1832 (S1833). This migration processing is the same as the above-mentioned migration processing S1234 shown inFIG. 14 . - As mentioned above, if the contents of the cluster management table 2517 are changed to delete a
storage device 2400 from an already configuredcluster group 2812 when thecluster groups 2812 for each of the protocols have already been configured, thecluster processing unit 2516 migrates the data to theLU 2420 of anotherstorage device 2400 handling the protocol which used to be handled by therelevant storage device 2400. This enables easy deletion of thestorage device 2400 from the already configuredcluster group 2812. - Next, as shown in
FIG. 19 , the case of transferring a node (storage device 2400) belonging to an existingcluster group 2812 to another existingcluster group 2812 is described below.FIG. 20 is a flowchart showing the processing performed in this case (node transfer processing S2000). The node transfer processing S2000 is described below by referring toFIG. 20 . - Firstly, the
management unit 1111 of themanagement device 1100 accepts setting information of transferring a node (FIG. 19 shows the case of transferring thesecond storage device 2400 belonging to thecluster group 2812 of the NAS clusters to the cluster group 2812 (iSCSI clusters)) from the user or the operator (S2011). At this time, themanagement unit 1111 accepts the setting information, for example, by displaying the setting screen of the cluster management table 2517 shown inFIG. 9 . - Next, the
management unit 1111 transmits the accepted setting information to eachstorage device 2400 via the management network 5001 (S2012). Thecluster processing unit 2516 of eachstorage device 2400 receives the setting information transmitted from the management device 1100 (S2021), and reflects the received setting information in the cluster management table 2517 (S2022). After reflecting the setting information in the cluster management table 2517, thecluster processing unit 2516 of eachstorage device 2400 transmits a registration completion report to the management device 1100 (S2023). - Upon reception of the registration completion report (S2031), the
management unit 1111 determines whether it is necessary to migrate (relocate) the data or not (S2032). This determination is made with reference to the load information of theLUs 2420 such as the usage status of eachLU 2420 in eachstorage device 2400 or the port performance information connected with eachLU 2420. If data migration is determined to be necessary (S2032: YES), themanagement unit 1111 starts a data migration processing (S2033). This processing is the same as the migration processing S1234 shown inFIG. 14 . - Next, the
management unit 1111 transmits a resource setting command to thecluster processing unit 2516 of each storage device 2400 (S2035). Upon reception of the resource setting command (S2041), thecluster processing unit 2516 of eachstorage device 2400 performs the resource setting (activation or inactivation) according to the setting of itscluster group 2812 after the change (S2042). - As mentioned above, if the contents of the cluster management table 2517 are changed to transfer the
storage device 2400 configuring acertain cluster group 2812 to anothercluster group 2812 when thecluster groups 2812 for each of the protocols have already been configured, thecluster processing unit 2516 determines whether it is necessary to relocate the data or not according to the load information of theLUs 2420, and if it is determined to be necessary, automatically migrates the data between theLUs 2420. Thus, this invention enables easy migration of astorage device 2400 configuring acertain cluster group 2812 to another cluster group by changing the contents of the cluster management table 2517. It is also possible to optimize the performance of the storage system by attempting load distribution at the time of relocation. - As described so far, the
storage system 1 in this embodiment enables the easy configuration ofcluster groups 2812 for each protocol by using a storage device 2400 (Unified Storage) including the communication server 2514 (protocol processing unit) capable of responding to data input/output requests following at least two or more protocols transmitted from theclient device 1000. By this method, it is possible to optimize the performance separation according to the usage status of the protocol and the storage system performance. - It is to be understood that the above-described embodiments are intended for ease of understanding this invention and by no means should be limited to the particular constructions herein, but also comprises any changes, modifications or equivalents within the spirit and scope hereof.
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1. A storage system coupled to a client device, comprising a plurality of storage devices and being configured to:
partition the plurality of storage devices into a plurality of logical partitions;
activate the plurality of logical partitions so that the logical partitions are available for specific protocols, respectively;
receive a data input/output request from the client device; and
transfer the data input/output request to the logical partition available for the protocol which corresponds to the data input/output request.
2. The storage system according to claim 1 ,
wherein, when a new storage device is added to the storage system, the storage system relocates the data of the plurality of storage devices in the storage system including the new storage device.
3. The storage system according to claim 2 ,
wherein the storage system partitions the plurality of storage devices including the new storage device into the plurality of logical partitions before relocating the data and activates the plurality of logical partitions after relocating the data.
4. The storage system according to claim 3 ,
wherein the relocation of the data is judged on the basis of a load information.
5. The storage system according to claim 4 ,
wherein the load information is related to a load status of a logical unit which is provided to the client device.
6. The storage system according to claim 5 ,
wherein the load status includes a usage status of the logical unit and a port performance information connected with the logical unit.
7. The storage system according to claim 1 ,
wherein, when a storage device is removed from the storage system, the storage system relocates the data of the plurality of storage devices to the storage system not including the removed storage device.
8. The storage system according to claim 7 ,
wherein the data of the removed storage device is relocated to the logical partition corresponding to the protocol of the removed storage device.
9. The storage system according to claim 1 ,
wherein, when the storage device re-partitions the plurality of the storage devices, the storage system relocates the data of the plurality of storage devices to the storage system.
10. The storage system according to claim 9 ,
wherein the re-partitioning is in a manner that the storage device of the logical partition moves to another logical partition.
11. The storage system according to claim 10 ,
wherein the relocation the data is judged on the basis of a load information.
12. The storage system according to claim 11 ,
wherein the load information is related to a load status of a logical unit which is provided to the client device.
13. The storage system according to claim 12 ,
wherein the load status includes a usage status of the logical unit and a port performance information connected with the logical unit.
14. The storage system according to claim 1 , furthermore being configured to inactivate the plurality of logical partitions so that the logical partitions are not available for all protocols except for the available protocol.
15. The storage system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the transferring the data input/output request is in a manner of forwarding or redirecting.
16. A method for controlling a unified storage system, which is coupled to a client device and comprises a plurality of storage devices,
the method comprising the steps of:
partitioning the plurality of storage devices into a plurality of logical partitions;
activating the plurality of logical partitions so that the logical partitions are available for specific protocols, respectively;
receiving a data input/output request from the client device; and
transferring the data input/output request to the logical partition available for the protocol which corresponds to the data input/output request.
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