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Dynamically changing members of a consensus group in a distributed self-healing coordination service

US9690675B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 17, 2014
Grant dateJun 27, 2017
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Expiry dateSep 13, 2034

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L41/5096
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Systems, methods, and computer program products for managing a consensus group in a distributed computing cluster, by determining that an instance of an authority module executing on a first node, of a consensus group of nodes in the distributed computing cluster, has failed; and adding, by an instance of the authority module on a second node of the consensus group, a new node to the consensus group to replace the first node. The new node is a node in the computing cluster that was not a member of the consensus group at the time the instance of the authority module executing on the first node is determined to have failed.

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