US Patent 10237342 Coordinated and high availability storage access

A system and associated methodology for sharing a common data storage medium in a computer cluster is hereafter disclosed. Each server within the cluster includes a processor, an operating system, a stand-alone file system and a cluster management system. Moreover, the data storage medium is configured to store data usable by each of the servers within the server cluster. The cluster management system communicates with each stand-alone file system to coordinate access among the plurality of servers to the data storage medium.