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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2008
Satish Kumar Mopur, Bangalore, IN;
Unnikrishnan Ponnan Katangot, Bangalore, IN;
Sathya Prakash Dhanabal, Bangalore, IN;
Mukesh Gupta, Karnataka, IN;
Vivek Mehrotra, Bangalore, IN;
Karthigeyan Kasthurirengan, Bangalore, IN;
Satish Kumar Mopur, Bangalore, IN;
Unnikrishnan Ponnan Katangot, Bangalore, IN;
Sathya Prakash Dhanabal, Bangalore, IN;
Mukesh Gupta, Karnataka, IN;
Vivek Mehrotra, Bangalore, IN;
Karthigeyan Kasthurirengan, Bangalore, IN;
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A method of determining a state of a Storage Area Network SAN is provided comprising analyzing data collected from components in the SAN, calculating a redundancy level of the SAN based on the analyzed data, and determining the state of the SAN based on the calculated redundancy level. The redundancy levels indicate the sensitivity of the SAN to a fault in one of the components. The method also includes receiving user policy settings allowing automatic correction of the SAN and auto-correcting the SAN in response to a change in the SAN state and in dependence on the user policy settings. The redundancy levels can be used by an administrator to set the user policy settings. An apparatus for carrying out the method is also provided.