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

Claim 3:
4. The method of claim 1, wherein each of (a) determining, by a particular storage system of a plurality of storage systems synchronously replicating a dataset, to configure the storage systems to request mediation from a mediation service for mediation between the storage systems; (b) providing, by the particular storage system to each of the other storage systems, an instance of a cryptographically secure key to request mediation from the mediation service; (c) providing, 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 (d) 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 storage systems, are performed without intervention or prompting from a user.