Status monitoring system and method

A method, computer program product, and computing system for establishing a data communication channel between a first virtual storage appliance and a second virtual storage appliance within a storage system, wherein the data communication channel includes a network-based data communication path. A...

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Hauptverfasser: Krivenok, Dmitry V, Yim, Wai C
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:A method, computer program product, and computing system for establishing a data communication channel between a first virtual storage appliance and a second virtual storage appliance within a storage system, wherein the data communication channel includes a network-based data communication path. A heartbeat communication channel is established between the first virtual storage appliance and the second virtual storage appliance within the storage system, wherein the heartbeat communication channel includes a network-based heartbeat communication path. A tie breaker node is coupled to the network-based heartbeat communication path to monitor one or more heartbeat signals present on the network-based heartbeat communication path.