Computer system, disk unit and data update control method

A computer system includes a disk apparatus and a host computer including a journal file system. The disk apparatus includes a memory unit which is capable of permanently storing a journal, a storing control unit which stores a journal, which is sent from the host computer, in the memory unit, and a...

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Main Author TOMOTA MASANORI
Format Patent
LanguageChinese
English
Published 13.08.2008
Subjects
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
PHYSICS
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Summary:A computer system includes a disk apparatus and a host computer including a journal file system. The disk apparatus includes a memory unit which is capable of permanently storing a journal, a storing control unit which stores a journal, which is sent from the host computer, in the memory unit, and an updating unit which executes data update corresponding to the journal stored in the memory unit in accordance with an instruction from the host computer. The journal file system of the host computer includes a writing unit which executes, each time the data on the disk apparatus is updated, writing of a journal, which corresponds to the data update, to the disk apparatus, and an informing unit which informs the disk apparatus of an instruction to execute the data update corresponding to the written journal.
Bibliography:Application Number: CN2008182063