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...http://www.google.de/patents/US7523139?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7523139 - Volume server and volume owner communication protocol in a distributed storage management system
