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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2014
Netapp, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Gerald J. Fredin, Wichita, KS (US);
Andrew J. Spry, Wichita, KS (US);
Kenneth J. Gibson, Lafayette, CO (US);
Ross E. Zwisler, Lafayette, CO (US);
NETAPP, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
The method includes receiving a command at a first storage system of a block storage cluster. The command is transmitted by the initiator system to the first storage system via a network and includes a request for data. The method further includes transferring the stored data from the first storage system to the initiator system via the network when data requested in the data request is stored by the first storage system. The method further includes transmitting a referral response from the first storage system to the initiator system when a portion of the data requested in the data request is not stored by the first storage system, but is stored by a second storage. system of the block storage cluster.