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Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 2016

Filed:

Jul. 22, 2015
Applicant:

Netapp, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Inventors:

Mahmoud K. Jibbe, Wichita, KS (US);

Senthil Kannan, RediyarPalayam, IN;

Selvaraj Rasappan, Tamil Nadu, IN;

Assignee:

NETAPP, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 11/10 (2006.01); G06F 11/20 (2006.01); G11B 20/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/1076 (2013.01); G06F 11/1032 (2013.01); G06F 11/2092 (2013.01); G11B 20/1833 (2013.01); G11B 2220/415 (2013.01);
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.


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