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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2023

Filed:

Sep. 13, 2021
Applicant:

Pure Storage, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventors:

David Grunwald, San Francisco, CA (US);

Ronald Karr, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Thomas Gill, Bury St Edmunds, GB;

Assignee:

PURE STORAGE, INC., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 49/253 (2022.01); H04L 67/1097 (2022.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 16/907 (2019.01); G06F 16/27 (2019.01); G06F 11/20 (2006.01); H04L 12/70 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 49/253 (2013.01); G06F 3/065 (2013.01); G06F 3/067 (2013.01); G06F 3/0614 (2013.01); G06F 3/0617 (2013.01); G06F 3/0635 (2013.01); G06F 3/0647 (2013.01); G06F 3/0653 (2013.01); G06F 11/2069 (2013.01); G06F 11/2082 (2013.01); G06F 16/275 (2019.01); G06F 16/907 (2019.01); H04L 67/1097 (2013.01); G06F 2201/805 (2013.01); G06F 2201/82 (2013.01); G06F 2201/84 (2013.01); H04L 2012/5625 (2013.01);
Abstract

A storage system switching mediators within a storage system synchronously replicating data, where the switching between mediators includes: determining, among one or more of the plurality of storage systems, a change in availability of a first mediator service, wherein one or more of the plurality of storage systems are configured to request mediation from the first mediator service; communicating, among the plurality of storage systems and responsive to determining the change in availability of the first mediator service, a second mediator service to use in response to a fault; and switching, in dependence upon the change in availability of the first mediator service, from the first mediator service to the second mediator service.


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