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Dynamic reconfiguration of nodes in a cluster file system

  • US 7,376,724 B2
  • Filed: 05/30/2003
  • Issued: 05/20/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/30/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of configuring a plurality of nodes in a cluster file system, the method comprising:

  • maintaining, in a configuration repository accessible to said plurality of nodes, configuration data for each of the plurality of nodes;

    wherein said configuration data includes data indicating that said plurality of nodes are members of said cluster file system; and

    wherein nodes that belong to said cluster file system determine which other nodes belong to the cluster file system based on information in said configuration repository;

    at a node that belongs to the cluster file system,in response to passage of a particular interval of time, reading said configuration data to determine whether a change has occurred to the configuration data; and

    in response to detecting a change to said configuration data, said node automatically reconfiguring itself based on said change to said configuration data.

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