Volume server and volume owner communication protocol in a distributed storage management system

摘要

A system, method, and medium provide communication between a volume server and a volume owner in a distributed storage management system. A volume server may manage configuration information for a particular volume of storage. A volume owner may manage input/output (I/O) for the volume. The volume server may lease the configuration information to the volume owner using a communications protocol. The communications protocol comprises a plurality of operations for management of the lease. The volume owner may use the configuration information to manage the I/O for the volume.