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Data management application programming interface failure recovery in a parallel file system

US7024582B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 25, 2001
Grant dateApr 4, 2006
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Expiry dateNov 26, 2023

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S707/99931
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a cluster of computing nodes having shared access to one or more volumes of data storage using a parallel file system, a method for managing the data storage includes initiating a session of a data management application on a session node selected from among the nodes in the cluster. The session node receives an event message in a session queue for processing by the data management application, responsive to a request submitted to the parallel file system by a source node among the nodes in the cluster to perform a file operation on a file in the data storage. Following a failure at the session node, the session queue is reconstructed so that processing of the event message by the data management application can continue after recovery from the failure, and the request can be fulfilled at the source node.

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