Access control in a flash storage system

    公开(公告)号:US10296469B1

    公开(公告)日:2019-05-21

    申请号:US14340169

    申请日:2014-07-24

    IPC分类号: G06F12/14

    摘要: Systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer-readable storage mediums for performing lease-based fencing using a time-limited lease window. During the time-limited lease window, writes to a shared storage medium are permitted, while writes are denied for expired leases. When a successful heartbeat is generated for a primary storage controller, the lease window is extended for the primary storage controller from the time of a previous heartbeat. Accordingly, a prolonged stall between successive heartbeats by the primary storage controller will result in the newly extended lease being expired at the time it is granted. This scheme prevents a split brain scenario from occurring when a secondary storage controller takes over as the new primary storage controller in response to detecting the stall.

    Distributed management of a storage system

    公开(公告)号:US10348675B1

    公开(公告)日:2019-07-09

    申请号:US15254293

    申请日:2016-09-01

    IPC分类号: H04L29/12

    摘要: Systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer-readable storage mediums for performing lease-based fencing using a time-limited lease window. During the time-limited lease window, writes to a shared storage medium are permitted, while writes are denied for expired leases. When a successful heartbeat is generated for a primary storage controller, the lease window is extended for the primary storage controller from the time of a previous heartbeat. Accordingly, a prolonged stall between successive heartbeats by the primary storage controller will result in the newly extended lease being expired at the time it is granted. This scheme prevents a split brain scenario from occurring when a secondary storage controller takes over as the new primary storage controller in response to detecting the stall.