Inventor

KANO YOSHIKI

US79 patents

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KANO YOSHIKI

HITACHI LTD

Methods and apparatus for deduplication in storage system

Method and apparatus for managing virtual ports on storage systems

Automated on-line capacity expansion method for storage device

System, method and apparatus for multiple-protocol-accessible OSD storage subsystem

System, method and apparatus for multiple-protocol-accessible OSD storage subsystem

Backup system

System and method for managing disk space in a thin-provisioned storage subsystem

Mapping apparatus for backup and restoration of multi-generation recovered snapshots

Data copying method and apparatus in a thin provisioned system

Method for managing volume groups considering storage tiers

Method for managing volume groups considering storage tiers

Automated on-line capacity expansion method for storage device

Method and apparatus for de-duplication after mirror operation

Method for managing volume groups considering storage tiers

System and method for managing disk space in a thin-provisioned storage subsystem

Method for controlling storage policy according to volume activity

Method for managing volume groups considering storage tiers

Storage system having a plurality of controllers

Mapping apparatus for backup and restoration of multi-generation recovered snapshots

Offsite management using disk based tape library and vault system

Storage apparatus and method of managing data storage area

Method and apparatus for managing virtual ports on storage systems

Method and apparatus for de-duplication after mirror operation

Offsite management using disk based tape library and vault system

Methods and apparatuses for heat management in information systems

Methods and apparatuses for heat management in storage systems

Backup system with continuous data protection

System and method for managing disk space in a thin-provisioned storage subsystem

Method and apparatus of WAFS backup managed in centralized center

System and method for managing a consistency among volumes in a continuous data protection environment

Storage system managing data through a wide area network

Mapping apparatus for backup and restoration of multi-generation recovered snapshots

System and method for managing disk space in a thin-provisioned storage subsystem

Method and apparatus of media management on disk-subsystem

Access control method for data stored in fixed-block length format in computer configurations utilizing variable length data format interfaces

Automated on-line capacity expansion method for storage device

Automated on-line capacity expansion method for storage device

Storage system managing data through a wide area network

Method and apparatus for multistage volume locking

Method for controlling storage policy according to volume activity

Automated on-line capacity expansion method for storage device

Method of and system for controlling attributes of a plurality of storage devices

Storage system having a plurality of controllers

KANO YOSHIKI

Storage apparatus, memory area managing method thereof, and flash memory package

Method and apparatus for de-duplication after mirror operation

HARA JUNICHI

Method and apparatus for managing virtual ports on storage systems

OTA HIROMICHI

Method and apparatus for maintaining a workload service level on a converged platform

AMANO TAKASHI

Computer system for controlling backups using wide area network

TAKAOKA NOBUMITSU

Data processing method and computer system

YAMAMOTO MASAYUKI

Creating substitute area capacity in a storage apparatus using flash memory