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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2010
Ofer Elrom, Kibutz Gazit, IL;
Eran Raichstein, Yokneam Ilit, IL;
Gregory John Tevis, Tucson, AZ (US);
Oren Wolf, Bedford, MA (US);
Ofer Elrom, Kibutz Gazit, IL;
Eran Raichstein, Yokneam Ilit, IL;
Gregory John Tevis, Tucson, AZ (US);
Oren Wolf, Bedford, MA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Providing shared access to data storage resources in a cluster computing environment, including detecting when a computer node requests access to a data storage device in a manner that excludes a computing device from accessing the data storage device, where the computer node is configured to communicate with the data storage device along a first communications channel, and where the computing device is configured to communicate with the data storage device along a second communications channel that is exclusive of the first communications channel, and responsive to the detecting, causing the data storage device to allow the computer node and the computing device to share access to the data storage device.