Providing shared access to data storage resources across cluster computing environment boundaries
US8380938B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 24, 2010 |
| Grant date | Feb 19, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 1, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F11/1456
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Providing shared access to data storage resources in a cluster computing environment, including detecting when a computer node requests access to a data storage device in a manner that excludes a computing device from accessing the data storage device, where the computer node is configured to communicate with the data storage device along a first communications channel, and where the computing device is configured to communicate with the data storage device along a second communications channel that is exclusive of the first communications channel, and responsive to the detecting, causing the data storage device to allow the computer node and the computing device to share access to the data storage device.
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