External storage unit comprising active and inactive storage wherein data is stored in an active storage if in use and archived to an inactive storage when not accessed in predetermined time by the host processor

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PATENT NO 5584008
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07943580

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An external storage system connected to a host apparatus includes a plurality of storage devices, and a control unit for controlling the above described plurality of storage devices, wherein the above described control unit manages a storage space formed by the above described plurality of storage devices by dividing the storage space into a first storage pool to be directly accessed by the above described host apparatus and a second storage pool not to be directly accessed by the above described host apparatus.

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HITACHI LTD6-6 MARUNOUCHI 1-CHOME CHIYODA-KU TOKYO 1008280 ?1008280

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Nakano, Toshio Odawara, JP 116 3744
Nozawa, Masafumi Odawara, JP 42 3856
Shimada, Akinobu Minami-ashigara, JP 66 1371

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