1. A storage controller connected communicably to a host system and another storage controller and which performs data processing according to a request from said host system, the storage controller comprising:
at least one or more first logical devices to be accessed by said host system; and
at least one or more virtual devices for connecting said first logical devices and one or more storage devices;
wherein at least one of said virtual devices is connected to a second logical device of said other storage controller, and an access attribute of said first logical device and an access attribute of said second logical device are made to coincide by transmitting and receiving access attribute information of at least either said first logical device or said second logical device to and from said other storage controller.
2. The storage controller according to claim 1, wherein said second logical device is provided with an information configuration area for retaining the access attribute information set in said second logical device, and said information configuration area is connected to at least one or more said virtual devices.
3. The storage controller according to claim 2, wherein the access attribute of said second logical device is acquired from said information configuration area connected to said virtual devices so as to make the access attribute of said first logical device coincide with the access attribute of said second logical device.
4. The storage controller according to claim 2, wherein an access attribute, which is the same as the access attribute of one of said first logical devices, is written in said information configuration area via said virtual device so as to make the access attribute of said second logical device coincide with the access attribute of said first logical device.
5. The storage controller according to claim 2, wherein said information configuration area is provided to a specific logical address of said second logical device.
6. The storage controller according to claim 2 further comprising an access attribute table for retaining the access attribute of said first logical device, wherein the configuration content of said access attribute table is updated so as to make the access attribute of said first logical device and the access attribute of said second logical device coincide.
7. The storage controller according to claim 3, wherein, upon determining whether said other storage controller has the function of setting the access attribute in said second logical device, when said storage controller determines that said second logical device has the function of setting the access attribute, the access attribute of said second logical device is acquired from said information configuration area connected to said virtual devices so as to make the access attribute of said first logical device coincide with the access attribute of said second logical device.
8. The storage controller according to claim 4, wherein, upon determining whether said other storage controller has the function of setting the access attribute in said second logical device, when said storage controller determines that said second logical device has the function of setting the access attribute, an access attribute, which is the same as the access attribute of one of said first logical devices, is written in said information configuration area via said virtual device so as to make the access attribute of said second logical device coincide with the access attribute of said first logical device.
9. A storage system comprising a first storage controller and a second storage controller in which said first storage controller and said second storage controller are connected communicably, and which performs data processing according to a request from a host system,
wherein said first storage controller comprises at least one or more first logical devices to be accessed by said host system, and at least one or more virtual devices for connecting said first logical devices and one or more storage devices;
at least one of said virtual devices is connected to a second logical device of said second storage controller; and
said first storage controller transmits and receives access attribute information of at least either said first logical device or said second logical device to and from said second storage controller so as to make the access attribute of said first logical device and the access attribute of said second logical device coincide.
10. The storage system according to claim 9, wherein said second logical device is provided with an information configuration area for retaining the access attribute information set in said second logical device, and said information configuration area is connected to at least one or more said virtual devices of said first storage controller.
11. The storage system according to claim 10, wherein said first storage controller acquires the access attribute of said second logical device from said information configuration area connected to said virtual devices so as to make the access attribute of said first logical device coincide with the access attribute of said second logical device.
12. The storage system according to claim 10, wherein said first storage controller writes an access attribute, which is the same as the access attribute of one of said first logical devices, in said information configuration area via said virtual device so as to make the access attribute of said second logical device coincide with the access attribute of said first logical device.
13. The storage system according to claim 10, wherein said information configuration area is provided to a specific logical address of said second logical device.
14. The storage system according to claim 10, wherein said first storage controller further comprises an access attribute table for retaining the access attribute of said first logical device; and the configuration content of said access attribute table is updated so as to make the access attribute of said first logical device and the access attribute of said second logical device coincide.
15. The storage system according to claim 11, wherein, upon said first storage controller determining whether said second storage controller has the function of setting the access attribute in said second logical device, when said first storage controller determines that said second logical device has the function of setting the access attribute, said first storage controller acquires the access attribute of said second logical device from said information configuration area connected to said virtual devices so as to make the access attribute of said first logical device coincide with the access attribute of said second logical device.
16. The storage system according to claim 12, wherein, upon said first storage controller determining whether said second storage controller has the function of setting the access attribute in said second logical device, when said first storage controller determines that said second logical device has the function of setting the access attribute, said first storage controller writes an access attribute, which is the same as the access attribute of one of said first logical devices, in said information configuration area via said virtual device so as to make the access attribute of said second logical device coincide with the access attribute of said first logical device.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A method for determining a neurospinal functional index comprising:
using two or more devices to perform a plurality of neurospinal examinations on a patient, thereby providing a plurality of results from the examinations to a computer;
quantifying, by the computer, results from the examinations;
scaling, by the computer, the quantified results; and
integrating, by the computer, the scaled results into a neurospinal functional index.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of neurospinal examinations comprises combinations of surface electromyography; spinal thermography; and heart rate variability.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein the plurality of neurospinal examinations further comprises spinal algometry.
4. The method of claim 2, wherein the plurality of neurospinal examinations further comprises spinal range of motion.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein quantifying results comprises comparing at least one of the results from the examinations to reference data.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein scaling the quantified results comprises placing the quantified results on a common scale.
7. The method of claim 6, wherein scaled results have similar population statistics.
8. The method of claim 1, wherein integrating the scaled results comprises weighting the scaled results.
9. An apparatus for determining a neurospinal functional index comprising:
a data processing unit; and
a non-transitory data storage media storing machine readable instructions that, when executed by the data processing unit, perform a computerized method for determining a neurospinal functional index comprising: receiving results from a plurality of neurospinal examinations;
quantifying results from the examinations;
scaling the quantified results to reference data; and
integrating the scaled results into a neurospinal functional index.
10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the plurality of neurospinal examinations comprises combinations of surface electromyography, spinal thermography; and heart rate variability.
11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the plurality of neurospinal examinations further comprises spinal algometry.
12. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the plurality of neurospinal examinations further comprises spinal range of motion.
13. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein quantifying results comprises comparing at least one of the results from the examinations to reference data.
14. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein scaling the quantified results comprises placing the quantified results on a common scale.
15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the scaled results have similar population statistics.
16. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein integrating the scaled results comprises weighting the scaled results.