METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTING LOGICAL UNITS IN A GRID

摘要

A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for obtaining a logical unit. A request is sent for the logical unit. In the depicted examples, the request is sent to a multicast IP address. Responses to the request for the logical unit are received from a number of responders. A responder is identified from the set of responders to form a selected responder. The selected responder is identified based on at least one connection metric between the data processing system and the set of responders. The logical unit is retrieved from the selected responder.