Smart mounting of storage devices
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsThomas H. Gnech, Steffen Koenig, Oliver Petrik, Sven Wagner
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Abstract
A method for smart mounting of a first storage device to a first server includes receiving, at a first peer-to-peer communication component of a first server, a request from a second peer-to-peer communication component of a second server, the request being a request to mount a first storage device to said first server. The request is a request to mount a first storage device to said first server. The request is using a peer-to-peer communication protocol between the first and the second peer-to-peer communication components without using a central instance between the first and the second server.
Claims20
A method for smart mounting of a first storage device to a first server, said method comprising:
- receiving, at a first peer-to-peer communication component of a first server, a request from a second peer-to-peer communication component of a second server, the request being a request to mount a first storage device to said first server, the request being received using a direct communication between said first peer-to-peer communication component and said second peer-to-peer communication component using a peer-to-peer communication protocol between said first and said second peer-to-peer communication components without using a central instance between said first and said second server.
A system, comprising
- a second server having a second peer-to-peer communication component;
- a second storage device controlled by said second server;
- wherein said second peer-to-peer communication component is configured to send a requesting, by said second server, for a mounting of a first storage device to a first server using a direct communication between a first peer-to-peer communication component of said first server and said second peer-to-peer communication component using a peer-to-peer communication protocol between said first and said second peer-to-peer communication components without using a central instance between said first and said second server.
A computer program product for smart mounting of a first storage device to a first server, said computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, said program instructions being executable by the first server to cause said first server to:
- receive, at a first peer-to-peer communication component of said first server, a request from a second peer-to-peer communication component of a second server, the request being a request to mount a first storage device to said first server, the request being received using a direct communication between said first peer-to-peer communication component and said second peer-to-peer communication component using a peer-to-peer communication protocol between said first and said second peer-to-peer communication components without using a central instance between said first and said second server;
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- provide mounting information of said first storage device to said second peer-to-peer communication component without using said central instance.
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