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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2012
Frederick Bosco Anthonisamy, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Suhas Ashok Dantkale, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Frederick Bosco Anthonisamy, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Suhas Ashok Dantkale, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and system for load balancing. The method includes determining that connectivity between a first host and a primary array controller of a storage system has failed. The first host is configured to send input/output messages (I/Os) to a storage system through a storage network fabric. An available host is discovered at a multi-pathing driver of the first host. The available host is capable of delivering I/Os to the primary array controller. An I/O is redirected from said first host to the available host over a secondary communication network for delivery to the storage system.