Patent ID: 7958307
Filing Date: 2011-06-07
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for grouping networked storage system clients, the method comprising: selecting a first group of storage system clients to create a first group; associating with one or more computer processors the first group with a first storage policy; selecting a second group of storage system clients to create a second group; associating with one or more computer processors the second group with a second storage policy; and assigning at least a first storage system client associated with the first group to both the first group and the second group, wherein the first storage system client inherits the second storage policy associated with the second group while retaining the storage policy associated with the first group, and in the event a first storage operation associated with the first storage policy conflicts with a second storage operation associated the second storage policy, the storage policy associated with a higher priority controls.