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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2014
Emc Ip Holding Company Llc, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Katakam Gangadhar, Bangalore, IN;
Stalin Saravanakumar Thangapalam, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Selvamanickam Anbalagan, Madurai, IN;
Michael G. Hegerich, Holliston, MA (US);
Anil Arun Degwekar, Bangalore, IN;
Anoop Ninan, Milford, MA (US);
EMC IP Holding Company LLC, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Abstract
Example embodiments of the present invention relate to a method, a system, and a computer program product for managing a plurality of storage providers to allocate a second storage provider as an active storage provider. The method includes monitoring respective health states of a plurality of storage providers in a storage infrastructure and determining an unhealthy health state of a first storage provider, operating as an active storage provider, among the plurality of storage providers. The method also includes managing the plurality of storage providers to allocate a second storage provider, operating as a standby storage provider, among the plurality of storage providers as the active storage provider.