Methods, apparatus, and product for distributed garbage collection
US6081813A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 11, 1998 |
| Grant date | Jun 27, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 11, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC —)General
Abstract
In accordance with the present invention a process is provided for allocating and deallocating resources in a distributed processing system having a requester platform and a server platform. The process involves receiving a request from the requestor platform referring to a system resource and specifying a requested lease period, permitting shared access to the system resource for a lease period, sending a return call to the requestor platform advising of the lease period, and deallocating the system resource when the lease period expires.
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