Patent ID: 9424133
Filing Date: 2016-08-23
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: deploying a plurality of nodes in a clustered storage network, said plurality of nodes configured to store data in the clustered storage network, where each node is an independent physical device that uses an individual logical storage volume to store data at the clustered storage network; obtaining, by at least one processing device, a first snapshot of all individual node data corresponding to a data storage volume of a first node of the plurality of nodes in the clustered storage network without disturbing the operation of any other node of the plurality of nodes; wherein the first snapshot includes snapshot of any data stored at a local caching device of the first node that has not been transferred to storage remote to the first node; collecting, by the at least one processing device, the first snapshot with snapshot data corresponding to individual data corresponding to individual logical storage volumes of each of the plurality of nodes; and collectively defining an eventually consistent view of the clustered storage network with the collected data, wherein the eventually consistent view of the clustered storage network is defined when a snapshot of each node of the plurality of nodes including the first snapshot has been collected to provide an overall snapshot of the plurality of nodes.