Patent · US Expired

Server configuration management and tracking

US6868444B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateOct 2, 2000
Grant dateMar 15, 2005
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Expiry dateSep 15, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L41/5022
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A web hosting system comprises a plurality of geographically separate web hosting facilities with a plurality of servers located at each of the facilities having internet resources hosted thereon. A network accessible centralized database remote from at least some of the web hosting facilities contains information comprising one or more of server serial number, server model, server facility location, server location within a facility, server speed, server memory capacity, server traffic, and server software configuration for at least some of the servers. In some embodiments, different users are allowed to access different information in the database.

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