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System and method for detecting and isolating faults in a computer collaboration environment

  • US 7,346,811 B1
  • Filed: 08/13/2004
  • Issued: 03/18/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/13/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for minimizing breakdown in a computer cluster containing a plurality of computers, wherein a resource is to be failed over from a first computer of the plurality of computers, the method comprising:

  • identifying that the first computer has failed while running the resource;

    tracing a failover history of the resource based on a log containing a history of the resource and the plurality of computers;

    identifying the existence of mitigating factors associated with the failover history based on the log, wherein identifying the existence of mitigating factors includes at least one of;

    identifying a number of times (L) that another resource was loading on each computer from which the resource was failed over; and

    identifying a number of times (R) that the resource entered a running state; and

    determining whether to load the resource onto a second computer of the plurality of computers based on the failover history and mitigating factors.

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