Patent ID: 8429368
Filing Date: 2013-04-23
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for providing an administrative path for accessing a writeable master storage volume in a mirrored storage environment, the method comprising: maintaining the writeable master storage volume to store a master set of data addressable by a corresponding pathname; maintaining zero or more read-only mirrored storage volumes for the writeable master storage volume, each mirrored storage volume configured to store a mirrored set of the master set of data, the mirrored set also addressable by the corresponding pathname; accessing first data from a configured one of either the writeable master storage volume or one of the mirrored storage volumes utilizing the corresponding pathname, in response to a first read request having the corresponding pathname; and accessing the master set of data from the writeable master storage volume utilizing a specified master storage volume pathname prefix, in response to an access request having the specified master storage volume pathname prefix prepended to the corresponding pathname.