High performance storage access environment

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7386596
APP PUB NO 20070050506A1
SERIAL NO

11592947

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The present invention provides improved techniques for managing storage resources, such as disk drives, I/O ports, and the like in a network based storage system according to a user position within the network. Embodiments according to the present invention can provide a relatively high performance storage access environment for the mobile users moving around a wide area. For example, in one applicable environment, there are several data centers in the wide area, and each data center has a local storage system that is connected to the other storage systems through a network. Copies of a user's volume can be made in some of the storage systems. A remote copy function is utilized for making real time copies of the user's volume.

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FUJI XEROX CO LTD3-5 AKASAKA 3-CHOME MINATO-KU TOKYO

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Iwami, Naoko Cupertino, CA 82 2279
Yamamoto, Akira Cupertino, CA 924 13286

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