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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2009
Susan M. Coatney, Cupertino, CA (US);
Kayuri Patel, Cupertino, CA (US);
Stephen H. Strange, Mountain View, CA (US);
Steven S. Watanabe, San Jose, CA (US);
Susan M. Coatney, Cupertino, CA (US);
Kayuri Patel, Cupertino, CA (US);
Stephen H. Strange, Mountain View, CA (US);
Steven S. Watanabe, San Jose, CA (US);
NetApp, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for performing a takeover procedure is disclosed. A plurality of storage system nodes is coupled in a cluster. One or more of the plurality of storage system nodes in the cluster is notified to takeover at least a portion of a writable storage device serviced by another storage system node in the cluster. In response to the notification, the portion of the writable storage device is assimilated into at least one of the notified storage system nodes.