System and method for enabling failover for an application server cluster
US6944788B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 12, 2002 |
| Grant date | Sep 13, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 13, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F11/2041
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method for enabling failover in an application server cluster. A “primary” application server computer in the cluster may provide a service or data necessary for other application server computers in the cluster to operate. In addition to the primary application server computer, one or more of the other application server computers may be designated as “backup” application server computers. Each backup application server may backup the processing information managed by the primary application server. When the primary application server itself becomes unavailable (e.g., due to a failure of the computer system or network), one or more of the backup application servers may be promoted to the role of primary application server.
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