Patent ID: 9454316
Filing Date: 2016-09-27
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: determining, by one of a plurality of storage node computing device in a clustered storage environment, an identifier of a mass storage device in the clustered storage environment; discovering, by the one of the storage node computing devices, a logical storage object of the mass storage device, wherein the logical storage object is accessible to one of the storage node computing devices via a first port and another of the storage node computing devices via a second port; generating, by the one of the storage node computing devices, a namespace based, at least in part, on the identifier of the mass storage device; determining, by the one of the storage node computing devices, a value that is exclusive within the namespace; and generating, by the one of the storage node computing devices, a name for the logical storage object, the name comprising both the namespace and the value that is exclusive within the namespace.