Storage array network path impact analysis server for path selection in a host-based I/O multi-path system

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8204980
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11819612

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Systems and methods are provided for selecting a path for an I/O in a storage area network. In one embodiment, a method comprises receiving path configuration information for paths associated with a host device connected to the storage area network, a listing of components within the storage area network, and a notification of a component failure within the storage area network. The method may also comprise correlating the received path configuration information, the received listing of components, and the received notification of component failure to determine one or more paths associated with the host device affected by the component failure. The method may further comprise transmitting to the host device an alert for the one or more affected paths.

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EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC176 SOUTH STREET HOPKINTON MA 01748

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Artzi, Amanuel Ronen Framingham, US 17 336
Bappe, Michael E Loveland, US 36 1861
Raizen, Helen S Jamaica Plain, US 55 2447
Sandstrom, Harold M Belmont, US 22 685
Zahavi, William Westborough, US 19 1305

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