Patent ID: 7921324

Claim:
A method for providing file system availability during local path failure of a non-server node, the method including: mounting a file system on a non-server node; scanning one or more storage devices over a local path to identify a storage device that belongs to the file system of the non-server node by identifying a unique identification written to the storage device upon creation of the file system; accessing the storage device via the non-server node; generating a server database of one or more server nodes having access to the storage device of the file system; accessing the storage device using a non-server node over a local path to implement one or more input/output (I/O) operations; upon failure of an I/O operation over the local path, querying the server database to identify one or more server nodes having access to the storage device; implementing one or more subsequent I/O operations for the storage device using the one or more identified server nodes; transmitting a notification to an administrator when an I/O operation over the local path fails; and transmitting a notification to the administrator when an I/O operation using a server node over a network path commences.