Method and system for maintaining disk location via homeness

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7711683
SERIAL NO

11606538

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A method and system manages ownership information about disks in a storage network without the need for an emulated, partner mode system. The method and system provides for ownership information, including a current owner and a home owner for resources, such as disks, to be stored on each disk in a storage system, as well as to be stored in memory on each storage system node in the network. A further aspect of the invention is a disk homeness application program interface (API), which provides commands that can be utilized by an administrator at a host computer to set, modify and display ownership information about each disk in the cluster. Upon a takeover, any node in the network can takeover one or more disks by reading the ownership information stored on the disks or in the tables.

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  • NETAPP, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Coatney, Susan M Cupertino, US 52 1430
Strange, Stephen H Mountain View, US 34 1187
Watanabe, Steven S San Jose, US 19 693

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