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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2012
David Dodgson, Lansdale, PA (US);
Joseph Neill, Malvern, PA (US);
Ralph Farina, Downingtown, PA (US);
Edward Chin, Newtown Square, PA (US);
Albert French, Schwenksville, PA (US);
Scott Summers, Collegeville, PA (US);
David Dodgson, Lansdale, PA (US);
Joseph Neill, Malvern, PA (US);
Ralph Farina, Downingtown, PA (US);
Edward Chin, Newtown Square, PA (US);
Albert French, Schwenksville, PA (US);
Scott Summers, Collegeville, PA (US);
Unisys Corporation, Blue Bell, PA (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems for maintaining data connectivity in a secure data storage network are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes assigning a volume to a primary secure storage appliance located in a secure data storage network the primary secure storage appliance selected from among a plurality of secure storage appliances located in the secure data storage network, the volume presented as a virtual disk to a client device and mapped to physical storage at each of a plurality of storage systems. The method further includes detecting at one of the plurality of secure storage appliances a failure of the primary secure storage appliance. The method also includes, upon detecting the failure of the primary secure storage appliance, reassigning the volume to a second secure storage appliance from among the plurality of secure storage appliances, thereby rendering the second secure storage appliance a new primary secure storage appliance.