Patent ID: 8171106

Claim:
A method for accessing data in a system, the method comprising the steps of: analyzing, by one node in a cluster of nodes, configuration data that includes at least network access information indicating which of a plurality of physical networks is associated with each file system in a plurality of file systems, at least one file system in the plurality of files systems being associated with at least two different physical networks in the plurality of physical networks, and the plurality of file systems residing in a Network Shared Disk of at least one set of Network shared disks for the one node, each of the Network Shared Disks being served by at least one Network Shared Disk server of a plurality of Network Shared Disk servers across the plurality of networks, the cluster of nodes being separate and distinct from the plurality of Network Shared Disk servers; identifying, by the one node, a first file system of the plurality of file systems to be accessed; identifying, by the one node, a first physical network from the plurality of physical networks that is associated with the first file system based on the network access information; selecting, by the one node, the first physical network from at least two of the physical networks that are associated with the first file system; and accessing, by the one node, the first file system via the first physical network that was selected.