Symantec Corporation

Sumit Sharma

Amol Shivram Katkar

Sathish Nayak

Venkatesha Maphalamajalu Ganapathi

A computer-implemented method for selectively discovering storage devices connected to a host computing device may include: 1) identifying at least one storage device connected to the host computing device that provides storage for at least one resource managed by the host computing device, 2) identifying a discovery classification assigned to the storage device that is based at least in part on an availability requirement associated with the resource, and then 3) discovering the storage device in accordance with the discovery classification assigned to the storage device. Various other methods, systems, and configured computer-readable media are also disclosed.

Systems and methods for selectively discovering storage devices connected to host computing devices

A method and apparatus for partitioning a computer cluster through coordination point devices that provide enhanced split brain arbitration during I/O fencing. In one embodiment, a method for using coordination point devices to support Input/Output fencing in a computer cluster comprises processing at least one arbitration request from at least one client computer upon an occurrence of a split brain within a computer cluster, wherein each arbitration request indicates at least one established connection between at least one coordination point device and each client computer of the at least one client computer and each client sub-cluster membership, wherein the at least one coordination point device form a coordination point cluster membership and selecting a client computer of the at least one client computer to continue to be a portion of the computer cluster based on the arbitration request.

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Pune, India

Sumit Sharma