Network authentication for a multi-node array

A storage system having network authentication, comprising:

• a plurality of storage nodes configured to communicate together as a storage cluster;
• each of the plurality of storage nodes having nonvolatile solid-state memory for data storage;
• and
• the plurality of storage nodes configured to distribute the data and metadata associated with the data throughout the plurality of storage nodes, the plurality of storage nodes configurable to:
• establish a security context between a client and the plurality of storage nodes, the security context comprising a single ticket for the plurality of storage nodes;
• distributing a first request to a first node within the storage system;
• and
• distributing a second request to a second node within the storage system, wherein the distributing the first request and the second request comprises:
• determining a further node for handling the first request and the second request based on data within the single ticket.