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Method and apparatus for communicating among a network of servers

  • US 6,826,606 B2
  • Filed: 01/23/2001
  • Issued: 11/30/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/08/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a computer network including a plurality of servers in a server farm, said server farm comprising a logical group of servers administered as a single entity, a method for managing runtime data, the method comprising the steps of:

  • designating one of the plurality of servers in the server farm as a first collector point for collecting said runtime data of a first type;

    defining a first zone including a subset of the plurality of servers, the subset including the first collector point;

    identifying a zone manager master for the first zone, and directing the runtime data of the first type to the first collector point for storage.

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