Coordinating multiple storage controllers in a cloud-based storage system

Abstract

Coordinating multiple storage controllers in a cloud-based storage system, including: reading, by a first storage controller and a second storage controller, first heartbeat data from a first region of memory of a storage device assigned to the first storage controller and second heartbeat data from a second region of memory of the storage device assigned to a second storage controller; and determining, for the first storage controller and the second storage controller, a corresponding state of the storage device based on the first heartbeat data and the second heartbeat data.

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