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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2018
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Bart R. Cilfone, Marina del Rey, CA (US);
Alan M. Frazier, Palatine, IL (US);
Patrick A. Tamborski, Chicago, IL (US);
Sanjaya Kumar, South Elgin, IL (US);
Manish Motwani, Chicago, IL (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A storage unit (SU) in a dispersed storage network (DSN) coordinates with affiliated dispersed storage units (SUs) to designate a leader SU among the plurality of SUs and when the SU is designated the leader, receives management information that is associated with the affiliated SUs from at least some of the affiliated SUs. The SU processes the management information from the at least some of the affiliated SUs to determine whether at least one of the affiliated SUs is offline; and based on a determination that the at least one of the SUs of the affiliated SUs is offline, transmits the management information for the affiliated SUs to one or more administrators associated with the DSN.