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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2003
Applicants:
Richard O. Larson, Cupertino, CA (US);
Alan L. Rowe, San Jose, CA (US);
Joydeep Sen Sarma, Mountainview, CA (US);
Inventors:
Richard O. Larson, Cupertino, CA (US);
Alan L. Rowe, San Jose, CA (US);
Joydeep sen Sarma, Mountainview, CA (US);
Assignee:
Network Appliance, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and method for an improved mailbox mechanism to contain coordinating information for computers in a cluster environment is provided. The system and method creates two copies of a master mailbox record stored in a set and predetermined location on disks associated with the cluster. A subset of the disks is designated as lock disks, which must contain the most up-to-date coordinating information.