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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2020
Emc Ip Holding Company Llc, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Lior Kamran, Rishon LeZion, IL;
Alex Soukhman, Raanana, IL;
EMC IP Holding Company LLC, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Abstract
A method comprising: receiving, by a first storage node, an instruction to designate a first device file as the first storage node's primary device file for accessing a storage device designating, by the first storage node, the first device file as the first storage node's primary device file for accessing the storage device, the first device file being designated as the first storage node's primary device file for accessing the storage device in response to the first instruction; receiving, at the first storage node, an I/O command that is associated with the storage device; making a first attempt to complete the I/O command by using the first device file, detecting, by the first storage node, an error that is generated in response to the first attempt; designating, by the first storage node, a second device file as the first storage node's primary device file for accessing the storage device.