Patent ID: 11861231
Assignee: NETAPP, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 7:
8. A non-transitory, machine-readable storage medium having stored thereon instructions comprising machine executable code, which when executed by a machine, causes the machine to:
assign a first shared namespace to a first instance and a second instance of a storage operating system and a first exclusive namespace to the first instance and a second exclusive namespace to the second instance;
use the first exclusive namespace by the first instance to store a first metadata at a first segment of a second portion of a flash storage system, the first metadata pointing to a location of data stored by a first portion of the flash storage system, and the first exclusive namespace enables write access to the first instance to a first zone of the first portion;
use the second exclusive namespace by the second instance to store a second metadata at a second segment of the second portion of the flash storage system, the second metadata pointing to a location of data stored in the first portion, and the second exclusive namespace enables write access to the second instance to a second zone of the first portion; and
provide read only access to the first instance and the second instance to a third zone of the first portion using the first shared namespace.