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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2015
Netapp, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Mahmoud K. Jibbe, Wichita, KS (US);
Senthil Kannan, RediyarPalayam, IN;
Selvaraj Rasappan, Tamil Nadu, IN;
NETAPP, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus including a storage array, a primary controller, a secondary controller and a solid state device. The storage array may be configured to be accessed by a plurality of controllers. A first of the plurality of the controllers may be configured as the primary controller configured to read and write to and from the storage array during a normal condition. A second of the plurality of the controllers may be configured as the secondary controller configured to read and write to and from the storage array during a fault condition. The solid state device may be configured to (i) store data and (ii) be accessed by the storage array and the secondary controller.