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Provision of continuous database service and scalable query performance using active redundant copies

US6263433A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 30, 1998
Grant dateJul 17, 2001
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Expiry dateSep 30, 2018

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F2201/80
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and apparatus for distributing computer resources in a network environment. A network of computer systems is partitioned into at least one computing system partition, and is configured into at least one redundancy group. The computing system partitions include applications, computing system nodes, and copies of a database schema. The copies of the database schema are replicated at each computing system partition within a network. The computing system partition manages interactions between the instances, the computing system nodes, and the copy of the database schema within the respective computing system partition. The redundancy group comprises at least one computing system and at a plurality of computing system partitions, and manages the replication of the database schema within the computing system and computing system partitions.

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