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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2013
Netapp, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Poonam Dhavale, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Manish Bhuwania, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Arun Ramachandran, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Herman M. Mutiso, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
NetApp, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method of negotiated takeover of storage objects includes one or more processors, a storage controller, and memory coupled to the one or more processors. The memory stores a data structure that includes information about a plurality of storage objects manageable by the storage controller. The storage controller is configured to assume, one by one, current ownership of a first subset of the storage objects and assume, concurrently, current ownership of a second subset of the storage objects. The first subset of storage objects and the second subset of storage objects are currently owned by a second storage server coupled to the storage server. In some embodiments, current ownership of the first subset of storage objects is transferred by iteratively detecting a particular storage object from the first subset of the storage objects whose current ownership can be assumed and bringing the particular storage object online.