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Providing stateful services in a scalable manner for machines executing on host computers

US11611625B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 15, 2020
Grant dateMar 21, 2023
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Expiry dateDec 15, 2040

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F2009/45595
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Some embodiments provide a method for performing services on a host computer that executes several machines in a datacenter. The method configures a first set of one or more service containers for a first machine executing on the host computer, and a second set of one or more service containers for a second machine executing on the host computer. Each configured service container performs a service operation on data messages associated with a particular machine. For each particular machine, the method also configures a module along the particular machine's datapath to identify a subset of service operations to perform on a set of data messages associated with the particular machine, and to direct the set of data messages to a set of service containers configured for the particular machine to perform the identified set of service operations on the set of data messages.

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