High availability management system for stateless components in a distributed master-slave component topology
US8364775B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 12, 2010 |
| Grant date | Jan 29, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 18, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L43/16
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Systems, methods and computer program products are disclosed for managing availability of a slave components executing in a distributed system. A master server and a heartbeat protocol may be provided. The heartbeat protocol may define state machines for the master server and/or the slave components. The master server and/or the slave components may act in accordance with the state machines to manage availability of the slave components in the distributed system.
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