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Method for clustering software applications

  • US 6,134,673 A
  • Filed: 10/01/1997
  • Issued: 10/17/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/13/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for fault tolerant execution of an application program in a server network having a first server and a second server, comprising:

  • executing, in the first server, the application program;

    storing an object which represents the application program into a cluster network database, wherein the object contains information pertaining to the application program;

    detecting a failure of the first server;

    determining whether the second server has sufficient resources to execute the application program; and

    executing, in the second server, the application program upon detection of the failure of the first server, in accordance with said information in said object.

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