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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2005
Darrell G. Suggs, Raleigh, NC (US);
Robert L. Fair, Cary, NC (US);
Jeffrey S. Kimmel, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Alan L. Rowe, San Jose, CA (US);
Joydeep Sen Sarma, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Darrell G. Suggs, Raleigh, NC (US);
Robert L. Fair, Cary, NC (US);
Jeffrey S. Kimmel, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Alan L. Rowe, San Jose, CA (US);
Joydeep Sen Sarma, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Network Appliance, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A clustered storage server detects an offline condition in another storage server in the cluster and executes a cluster takeover procedure which includes taking control of the storage system associated with the offline storage server, and merging a local control-of-service policy with a control-of-service policy associated with the offline storage server.