Patent ID: 7792917
Filing Date: 2010-09-07
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for accessing data on an information processing system, the information processing system including a plurality of Network Shared Disk servers and at least one set of Network Shared Disks, and each of the Network Shared Disks being served by at least one of the Network Shared Disk servers, the method comprising the steps of: analyzing a set of configuration data that includes information indicating which of the Network Shared Disk servers serve each of the Network Shared Disks; identifying which one of the Network Shared Disks is to be accessed; selecting one of the Network Shared Disk servers from the plurality of Network Shared Disk servers that serve the one Network Shared Disk to be accessed; and accessing the one Network Shared Disk to be accessed via the one Network Shared Disk server that was selected.