Abstract: An architecture, system, and method for managing a data storage system by contacting a single processor in a data storage system having more than one processor. The single processor contacts each other peer processor in the data storage system and merges selected data from the single processor with data from the peer processor to determine the state of the data storage system.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 30, 2005
Date of Patent:
May 17, 2011
Assignee:
EMC Corporation
Inventors:
James Britton, Kevin Labonte, Russell Laporte, Paul Lapomardo