Session replication

• US 7,668,904 B2
• Filed: 07/28/2005
• Issued: 02/23/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 07/28/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Newport, William T., Stecher, John J.
• Primary Examiner(s): BOUTAH, ALINA A
• Application Number:
  US11/191,416
• Publication Number:
  US 20070027896A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,671 Days
• Field of Search: 709/203, 709/228, 707/102, 714/20
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1095 Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/14 Session management for real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/1066

Abstract

Methods, apparatuses, and products are disclosed for session replication that include enqueueing sessions on a replication queue and flushing enqueued sessions, from the replication queue to a replication peer, in dependence upon flushing criteria, for storage on a replication medium. The replication medium may be non-volatile storage in a database or remote random access memory. Flushing may be carried out periodically or in dependence upon replication queue depth. Flushing may include aggregating sessions from the replication queue for transmission to the replication peer.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for session replication,

the method implemented within a multi-tiered data processing system comprising a client tier, a server tier, and a database tier;

each tier comprising computing devices coupled for data communications among the tiers and coupled for data communications among the devices within the server tier;

the server tier and the database tier having disposed within them two or more replication peers;

each replication peer comprising a module of automated computing machinery that has a same capability of storing on a replication medium sessions flushed from a replication queue as other modules similarly situated in the multi-tiered data processing system;

the method comprising;

enqueueing by a server in the server tier sessions on a replication queue, each session comprising information describing a group of two or more requests from a computing device in the client tier for computer resources or services; and

flushing by the server enqueued sessions, from the replication queue to a replication peer, in dependence upon flushing criteria, for storage on a replication medium, including aggregating sessions from the replication queue for transmission to the replication peer;

wherein flushing in dependence upon flushing criteria further comprises flushing in dependence upon queue depth.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the replication medium is non-volatile storage in a database.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the replication medium is remote random access memory.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein flushing in dependence upon flushing criteria further comprises flushing periodically.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the replication medium is non-volatile storage in a database and aggregating further comprises aggregating the sessions into a single database transaction.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the replication medium is non-volatile storage in a database and aggregating further comprises batching SQL statements.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the replication medium is remote random access memory and aggregating further comprises aggregating multiple sessions into a single message.

8. An apparatus for session replication, the apparatus comprising:

a multi-tiered data processing system comprising a client tier, a server tier, and a database tier;

each tier comprising computing devices coupled for data communications among the tiers and coupled for data communications among the devices within the server tier;

the server tier and the database tier having disposed within them two or more replication peers;

each replication peer comprising a module of automated computing machinery that has a same capability of storing on a replication medium sessions flushed from a replication queue as other modules similarly situated in the multi-tiered data processing system; and

at least one computer processor, at least one computer memory operatively coupled to the computer processor, and computer program instructions disposed within the computer memory capable of;

enqueueing by a server in the server tier sessions on a replication queue, each session comprising information describing a group of two or more requests from a computing device in the client tier for computer resources or services; and

flushing by the server enqueued sessions, from the replication queue to a replication peer, in dependence upon flushing criteria, for storage on a replication medium, including aggregating sessions from the replication queue for transmission to the replication peer;

wherein flushing in dependence upon flushing criteria further comprises flushing in dependence upon queue depth.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 wherein the replication medium is non-volatile storage in a database and aggregating further comprises aggregating the sessions into a single database transaction.

10. The apparatus of claim 8 wherein the replication medium is non-volatile storage in a database and aggregating further comprises batching SQL statements.

11. The apparatus of claim 8 wherein the replication medium is remote random access memory and aggregating further comprises aggregating multiple sessions into a single message.

12. A computer program product for session replication, the computer program product disposed upon a machine-readable, recordable medium,

the computer program product configured for installation within a multi-tiered data processing system comprising a client tier, a server tier, and a database tier, each tier comprising computing devices coupled for data communications among the tiers and coupled for data communications among the devices within the server tier;

the server tier and the database tier having disposed within them two or more replication peers;

each replication peer comprising a module of automated computing machinery that has a same capability of storing on a replication medium sessions flushed from a replication queue as other modules similarly situated in the multi-tiered data processing system;

the computer program product comprising computer program instruction for;

enqueueing by a server in the server tier sessions on a replication queue, each session comprising information describing a group of two or more requests from a computing device in the client tier for computer resources or services; and

flushing by the server enqueued sessions, from the replication queue to a replication peer, in dependence upon flushing criteria, for storage on a replication medium, including aggregating sessions from the replication queue for transmission to the replication peer;

wherein flushing in dependence upon flushing criteria further comprises flushing in dependence upon queue depth.

13. The computer program product of claim 12 wherein the replication medium is non-volatile storage in a database and aggregating further comprises aggregating the sessions into a single database transaction.

14. The computer program product of claim 12 wherein the replication medium is non-volatile storage in a database and aggregating further comprises batching SQL statements.