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SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A COMPUTER STANDBY NODE

  • US 20110141882A1
  • Filed: 12/15/2009
  • Published: 06/16/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/15/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus for providing a computing environment in a computing system, the apparatus comprising:

  • a first node capable of supporting a production computing environment and having first disk storage;

    a second node capable of supporting a second operational computing environment, independent of the production computing environment, and having second disk storage;

    an operations server that manages the first and second node and that can switch the production computing environment from the first node to the second node; and

    a communications link between the first node, the second node, and the operations server;

    wherein the operations server can cause the second node to take over the production computing environment from the first node upon a failure of the first node by providing the second node with access to the first disk storage and rebooting the second node from the first disk storage.

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