Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.p.

Kenneth F Dove

Corene Casper

Brent A Kingsbury

Terence M Rokop

Michael J Callahan

Michael J Spitzer

Phil E Krueger

Phil Krueger

A storage area network is managed. In one embodiment, the method comprises providing a plurality of nodes; providing a plurality of storage, wherein the plurality of storage is shared by the plurality of nodes; determining if a change in the storage area network has occurred; and dynamically adjusting to the change if the change has occurred. In another embodiment, the system comprises a processor configured to communicate with a second node and at least one storage, wherein the storage is shared by the processor and the second node; the processor also being configured to determine if a change in the storage area network has occurred; and dynamically adjusting to the change if the change has occurred; and a memory coupled with the processor, the memory configured to provide instructions to the processor.

System and method for management of a storage area network

A system and method are disclosed for providing multi-node environment comprising a first node associated with a first operating system; a second node associated with a second operating system, wherein the second operating system is independent of the first operating system; a storage; and an interconnect coupling the first node with the storage and coupling the second node with the storage; and wherein the first node directly accesses the storage and the second node directly accesses the storage.

System and method for a multi-node environment with shared storage

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Banks, OR, United States of America

Kenneth F Dove