Redistributing messages in a clustered messaging environment
US8082307B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 27, 2007 |
| Grant date | Dec 20, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 23, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q10/107
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Messages are redistributed in a clustered messaging environment including messaging servers and consuming applications. Each messaging server has a queue partition operable to contain messages. Each consuming application can connect to a messaging server in to consume one or more messages from a queue partition local to that messaging server. A message on a holding queue partition local to a messaging server without at least one consumer interested in consuming that message is said to be marooned. A marooned message is redistributed from the holding queue partition to a messaging server that does have at least one consumer interested in consuming the message. The redistribution involves identifying a group of servers, each of which has one or more consumers interesting in consuming the message, selecting a server from the group and forwarding the message to the selected server.
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