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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2004
Poonam P. Dhavale, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Kalaivani Arumugham, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Randall K. Shingai, San Jose, CA (US);
Ronald S. Karr, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Poonam P. Dhavale, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Kalaivani Arumugham, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Randall K. Shingai, San Jose, CA (US);
Ronald S. Karr, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Symantec Operating Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and system for providing a shared data resource coordinator within a storage virtualizing data processing system is disclosed. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a first node of a plurality of nodes is configured to process requests to access a shared data resource on behalf of the plurality of nodes, where the plurality of nodes includes a logical volume configuration server configured to present a logical volume to one or more logical volume configuration clients. A second node is then selected from the plurality of nodes and configured to process requests to access the shared data resource on behalf of the plurality of nodes.