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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2015
Netapp, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Mahmoud K. Jibbe, Wichita, KS (US);
Abhishekh P. Sharma, Bangalore, IN;
Karthik Krishnamurthy Satchitanand, Bangalore, IN;
Venkata Ramprasad Darisa, Bangalore, IN;
Dhishankar Sengupta, Bangalore, IN;
NetApp, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A clustered network-based storage system includes a host server, multiple high availability system controller pairs, and multiple storage devices across multiple arrays. Two independent storage array subsystems each include a quorum drive copy and are each controlled by a HA pair, with remote volume mirroring links coupling the separate HA pairs. The host server includes a virtualization agent that identifies and prioritizes communication paths, and also determines capacity across all system nodes. A system storage management agent determines an overall storage profile across the system. The virtualization agent, storage management agent, quorum drive copies and remote volume mirroring link all operate to provide increased redundancy, load sharing, or both between the separate first and second arrays of storage devices.