Patent ID: 9641614
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L

Claim:
1. A method for enabling access to a storage device, the method comprising: sending by a particular node a write request to the storage device; receiving by the particular node a registration table from the storage device, wherein the registration table identifies one or more other nodes in a cluster of nodes; determining by the particular node that a first registration key of the particular node is not present in the registration table; sending by the particular node a second registration key to the storage device for re-admittance to the cluster and write access to the storage device; based on sending the second registration key, setting by the particular node a first registration timer, wherein the first registration timer provides a time period for one or more nodes in the cluster of nodes to modify the registration table maintained by the storage device; upon expiration of the first registration timer, receiving by the particular node the registration table from the storage device, wherein the registration table includes modifications from the one or more other nodes in the cluster of nodes during the time period; determining by the particular node whether the second registration key is stored in the registration table; and when the second registration key is stored in the registration table, establishing a remote connection to the storage device through the one or more other nodes in the cluster and writing to the storage device.