Patent attributes
A method disclosed herein may include receiving a portal group from a node of a distributed storage system, the portal group comprising a plurality of network portals for accessing a storage unit, and transmitting data of the portal group to a first client and to a second client, wherein data transmitted to the first client and data transmitted to the second client each identify the plurality of network portals and indicate a different preferred network portal. The method may further include receiving a request from the first client to initiate a storage session that uses one of the plurality of network portals, establishing the storage session, wherein the storage session comprises multiple paths to the storage unit over at least two of the plurality of network portals, and providing data of the storage unit to the first client using the storage session.
