Quorum-based Authorization of Requests Associated with Storage Systems

A system comprising:

• a memory storing instructions;
• and
• one or more processors communicatively coupled to the memory and configured to execute the instructions to perform a process comprising:
• detecting a request to perform a restricted operation with respect to a storage system;
• monitoring, in response to the request, for authorization events pertaining to the restricted operation and performed by a plurality of entities;
• detecting, while performing the monitoring, that a threshold plurality of the authorization events are performed by the plurality of entities;
• and
• directing, based on the detecting that the threshold plurality of authorization events are performed by the plurality of entities, the storage system to perform the restricted operation.

A computer program product embodied in a non-transitory computer readable storage medium and comprising computer instructions for:

• detecting a request to perform a restricted operation with respect to a storage system;
• monitoring, in response to the request, for authorization events pertaining to the restricted operation and performed by a plurality of entities;
• detecting, while performing the monitoring, that a threshold plurality of the authorization events are performed by the plurality of entities;
• and
• directing, based on the detecting that the threshold plurality of authorization events are performed by the plurality of entities, the storage system to perform the restricted operation.