Integrating anti-virus in a clustered storage system

A clustered storage system for scanning data for viruses, the clustered storage system comprising:

• at least one processor, the clustered storage system including nodes that are interconnected as a cluster to communicate over a communication fabric to facilitate storage of the data in the clustered storage system;
• and
• a memory in communication with the at least one processor, the memory comprising a plurality of instructions executable by the at least one processor, wherein the plurality of instructions are executed by the at least one processor, the clustered storage system is configured to:
• receive a request for the data at a network N-module included in the clustered storage
• system,
• identify at the network N-module the data requires a scan for viruses based on a
• predetermined criteria,
• communicate the data requires the scan for viruses based on the predetermined criteria as first result information to a disk D-module included in the clustered storage system, identify at the disk D-module the data requires a scan for viruses based on a first plurality of anti-virus attributes stored with the file,
• communicate the data requires the scan for viruses based on the first plurality of anti-virus attributes stored with the file as second result information to a management M-module included in the clustered storage system, and
• scan at the management M-module the data for the viruses, the scan performed with third party software components that are provided by a third party vendor.

A clustered storage system for scanning data for viruses, the system comprising:

• at least one processor, the clustered storage system including nodes that are interconnected as a cluster to communicate over a communication fabric to facilitate storage of the data in the clustered storage system;
• and
• a machine readable medium in communication with the at least one processor, the machine readable medium being configured to store a plurality of instructions executable by the at least one processor to cause the clustered storage system to:
• receive a request for the data at a network N-module included in the clustered storage
• system,
• identify at the network N-module the data requires a scan for viruses based on a predetermined criteria,
• communicate the data requires the scan for viruses based on the predetermined criteria as first result information to a disk D-module included in the clustered storage system,
• identify at the disk D-module the data requires a scan for viruses based on a first plurality of anti-virus attributes stored with the file,
• communicate the data requires the scan for viruses based on the first plurality of anti-virus attributes stored with the file as second result information to a management M-module included in the clustered storage system, and
• scan at the management M-module the data for the viruses, the scan performed with third party software components that are provided by a third party vendor.