Patent ID: 8281180

Claim:
A method implemented in connection with a data system having multiple data centers including a main data center, a first backup data center, and a second backup data center, each data center including a plurality of servers for processing data and a store for storing the processed data, each server of the main data center including a failover module, the main data center further including a translator, the method comprising the translator: determining an identification of the first backup data center by querying a store at the main data center for a list including an identification of each store at a backup data center in the data system, and for each identified store an attribute thereof that is to be employed to distinguish a store of the first data center from a store of the second data center, receiving the list from the store at the main data center, and locating in the received list the identification of the store of the first backup data center based on the distinguishing attribute; and modifying a command from the failover module of a failed server to the store of the main data center based on the determined identification of the store of the first backup data center, where the modified command directs the store of the main data center to disable writes to a particular storage space in the store of the main data center associated with the failed server, and identifies that the store of the first backup data center is enabled to write to the particular storage space.