Providing an administrative path for accessing a writeable master storage volume in a mirrored storage environment

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8429368
APP PUB NO 20090024814A1
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12129904

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A technique provides an administrative path for accessing a writeable master storage volume in a mirrored storage environment. Illustratively, a writeable master storage volume stores a master set of data addressable by a corresponding pathname, and zero or more read-only (e.g., load-balancing) mirrored storage volumes are configured to store a mirrored set of the master set of data, the mirrored set also addressable by the corresponding pathname. Clients may read data from either the master storage volume or one of the mirrored storage volumes (e.g., according to a configured access location, such as a local mirrored volume if one exists) by issuing read requests having the corresponding pathnames. Also, each client may specifically access the master set of data from the master storage volume by issuing an access (e.g., read/write) request having a specified master storage volume pathname prefix prepended to the corresponding pathname.

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NETAPP INC3060 OLSEN DRIVE SAN JOSE CA 95128

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Corbett, Peter F Lexington, US 76 3626
Eisler, Michael Colorado Springs, US 10 217
Kazar, Michael L Pittsburgh, US 33 1299
Nydick, Daniel S Wexford, US 17 517
Wagner, J Christopher San Francisco, US 13 1070

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