Patent ID: 11954002
Assignee: PURE STORAGE, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 7:
8. An apparatus comprising a computer processor, a computer memory operatively coupled to the computer processor, the computer memory having disposed within it computer program instructions that, when executed by the computer processor, cause the apparatus to carry out the steps of:
determining, by a particular storage system of a plurality of storage systems synchronously replicating a dataset, that an other storage system to be added to the plurality of storage systems is not configured to request mediation from a mediation service for mediation between the plurality of storage systems;
based on the determination, generating, by the particular storage system, an instance of a cryptographically secure key that is provided to the other storage system for configuring the other storage system to request mediation from the mediation service;
providing, by the particular storage system to the mediation service, the instance of the cryptographically secure key, wherein the mediation service provides mediation services to a given storage system that provides the instance of the cryptographically secure key; and
configuring a mediation handler to provide the instance of the cryptographically secure key to the mediation service responsive to detecting a communication fault with one of the plurality of storage systems.