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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2004
Gopal Sharma, San Jose, CA (US);
Richard Gorby, Portland, OR (US);
Santosh S. Rao, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Aseem Asthana, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Gopal Sharma, San Jose, CA (US);
Richard Gorby, Portland, OR (US);
Santosh S. Rao, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Aseem Asthana, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Symantec Operating Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
System and method for distributing volume status information in a storage system. According to one embodiment, a system may include a plurality of volumes configured to store data, where the volumes are configured as mirrors of one another, and a plurality of hosts configured to access the plurality of volumes. A first one of the plurality of hosts may be configured to execute a mirror recovery process and to maintain a progress indication of the mirror recovery process, and the first host may be further configured to distribute the progress indication to another one or more of the plurality of hosts.