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Highly available cluster message passing facility

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  • US 6,421,787 B1
  • Filed: 05/12/1998
  • Issued: 07/16/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/12/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A distributed computing system comprising:

  • a plurality of nodes coupled via a communication link, wherein the plurality of nodes comprises a first node and a subset of the plurality of nodes exclusive of the first node, and wherein the communication link comprises a plurality of node-to-node links;

    a storage device configured to store data and physically connected to at least one of the subset of the plurality of nodes, wherein the storage device is not physically connected to the first node;

    wherein the first node comprises;

    a configuration module coupled to receive membership information and configuration information, wherein the membership information includes a list of active nodes of the plurality of nodes, and wherein the configuration information includes a list of the node-to-node links, and wherein the configuration module is configured to establish connections between the first node and other active nodes of the plurality of nodes via the node-to-node links dependent upon the membership information;

    a connection module coupled to receive the membership information and the configuration information from the configuration module and a routed client data access request, wherein the routed client data access request is directed to an active one of the subset of the plurality of nodes physically connected to the storage device, and wherein the connection module is configured to convey the routed client data access request to the active one of the subset of the plurality of nodes via at least one of the node-to-node links; and

    wherein when the membership information changes, the configuration module is configured to receive updated membership information, to provide the updated membership information to the connection module, and to establish connections between the first node and other active nodes of the plurality of nodes via the node-to-node links dependent upon the updated membership information.

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