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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2016
Emc Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Jian Gao, Beijing, CN;
Hongpo Gao, Beijing, CN;
Xinlei Xu, Beijing, CN;
Huibing Xiao, Beijing, CN;
Geng Han, Beijing, CN;
EMC IP Holding Company LLC, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and apparatus of maintaining data consistency by receiving, when a first storage processor is in a Ready state, a request for configuration information of a storage object from a second storage processor; in response to receiving the request, setting the first storage processor to an Updating-Peer state, and sending the configuration information to the second storage processor to maintain consistency of the configuration information in the first and second storage processors; and in response to the configuration information being sent, setting the first storage processor back to the Ready state.