US Patent 7200697 High speed data transfer between mainframe storage systems

Patent 7200697 was granted and assigned to Hitachi on April, 2007 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Current Assignee

Hitachi

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

72006970

Patent Inventor Names

Akira Yamamoto0

Kenji Yamagami0

Date of Patent

April 3, 2007

Patent Application Number

106412760

Date Filed

August 15, 2003

Patent Primary Examiner

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Fritz Fleming

Patent abstract

A method and apparatus for transferring data between storage systems including a first disk system for receiving first data in a variable length data format from a host, storing the first data and sending the first data over an I/O channel for data in the variable length data format, a second storage system for receiving the first data from the first storage system, converting the first data from the first storage system to second data in a fixed block data format and sending the second data over an I/O channel for data in the fixed block data format, and a third storage system for receiving the second data from the second storage system, converting the second data from the second storage system back to the first data and storing the first data.