1. A method of emulating a shared storage device in a distributed computing system, the method comprising: determining a storage unit identifier (ID) associated with a first local storage device in a first node of the distributed computing system; updating a first path handler to intercept first storage requests including the storage unit ID at the first node and forwarding the first storage requests to first storage drivers for an emulated shared storage device; associating a second local storage device in a second node of the distributed computing system with the storage unit ID; updating a second path handler to intercept second storage requests including the storage unit ID at the second node and forwarding the second storage requests to second storage drivers for the emulated shared storage device; and intercepting the second storage requests including the storage unit ID and being made on the second node and forwarding the second storage requests to the second storage drivers for the emulated shared storage device.