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High availability for intelligent applications in storage networks

US7711820B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Cisco Technology, Inc. · US

Inventors

Samar Sharma · Sunnyvale, US
Rahul Chari · Bengaluru, IN
Sanjaya Kumar · South Elgin, US

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 8, 2004
Grant date	May 4, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 4, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L69/40
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Methods and apparatus provide formation and management of intelligent application clusters in a storage area network. Disk arbitration mechanisms ensure that a cluster is owned by a single member. In the event of a network partition, each cluster member involved arbitrates to gain ownership of a cluster. High availability mechanisms allow monitoring of system resources and effective failover capabilities.

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