Checkpoint and restart
US9910734B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 4, 2014 |
| Grant date | Mar 6, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 21, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F11/1438
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method of performing a checkpoint on a set of connected processors and memories comprises the steps of creating one or more statefiles for one or more of the processors, querying available processing and/or memory resources, allocating data from one or more statefiles to the available resources, compressing the allocated data, storing the compressed data, and repeating the querying, allocating, compressing and storing steps until all of the statefile(s) are compressed and stored.
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