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Network-attached storage solution for application servers

  • US 9,509,718 B1
  • Filed: 07/17/2014
  • Issued: 11/29/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/17/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A storage system for application servers that utilizes a network-attached storage device rather than merely utilizing each application server'"'"'s local storage, comprising:

  • a network-attached storage device comprising a plurality of files that includes one or more server status files and a plurality of server applications in a plurality of network zone directories, wherein each of the plurality of network zone directories corresponds to one of a plurality of network zones, and wherein access is restricted between each of the plurality of network zones; and

    one or more application servers in each of the plurality of network zones, the one or more application servers communicatively coupled to the network-attached storage device via a local area network enabled through the Ethernet,each application server of the one or more application servers in each of the plurality of network zones is configured to;

    mount only a network zone directory of the plurality of network zone directories corresponding to a network zone of the plurality of network zones within which the corresponding application server resides based on a policy associated with the network-attached storage device, andaccess one or more of the plurality of files including at least one server application of the plurality of server applications in the network zone directory, wherein each application server is configured to access only files in the network zone directory corresponding to the network zone within which the corresponding application server resides, and wherein remote access to a status of at least one server of the plurality application servers is disabled and local access to the status is enabled, andthe at least one server is configured to;

    run a script to obtain the status from a memory of the at least one server subsequent to the remote access being disabled and the local access being enabled, wherein the status is stored in a server status file of the one or more server status files on the network-attached storage device.

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