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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 11, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Vinod K. Agarwal, Naperville, IL (US);
Mounish S. Desai, Columbia, SC (US);
Assignee:
Steeleye Technology, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/316 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/316 ;
Abstract
For use with a computer cluster having virtual memory logical devices associated therewith, a system and method for determining which of the virtual memory logical devices are shared devices and a computer cluster employing such system or method. The system includes: (1) a polling circuit that retrieves volume information from at least some of the virtual memory logical devices and (2) a matching circuit that determines which ones of the at least some of the virtual memory logical devices are shared devices as a function of the volume information.