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Cluster system wherein failover reset signals are sent from nodes according to their priority

US7853835B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 20, 2008
Grant dateDec 14, 2010
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Expiry dateAug 20, 2028

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L69/40
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A failover method for a cluster computer system in which a plurality of computers sharing a resource are connected by a heartbeat path for providing each computer with lines for monitoring operations of the other computers and a reset path. Resetting may be conducted based upon a registered priority for resetting the computers.

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