Storage system and control method thereof

摘要

The plurality of host systems (2A ... 2N) or the plurality of applications include an insertion unit (22) for sending the identifier. The storage controller (5) includes an analysis unit (90) for identifying a host system or an application based on the identifier contained in the access information and analyzing an access pattern of access information sent from the identified host system or application, a management unit for managing the identifier, the analysis result of the access pattern analyzed with the analysis unit, and a control method (95) for controlling the processing of data to be sent from a host system based on the analysis result or data to be stored in a logical volume, and a data processing controller for controlling the processing of data to be sent from a host system or data to be stored in a logical volume according to the control method managed by the management unit.