Patent ID: 9430341
Filing Date: 2016-08-30
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A method of failover in a data center comprising a multi-density server, the multi-density server comprising a plurality of independent servers, the method comprising: detecting, by a management module, a failure of one of the independent servers of the multi-density server; identifying, by the management module, a failover target; determining, by the management module, whether the failover target is a non-failed independent server included in the multi-density server; and responsive to determining that the failover target is a non-failed independent server included in the multi-density server, migrating, by the management module, the failed independent server's workload to another server that is not included in the multi-density server; and migrating, by the management module, workload of all non-failed independent servers of the multi-density system to a server not included in the multi-density server.