Patent ID: 9584363
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L

Claim:
1. A method of switching between a first node and a second node, each located within a virtual private cloud and the first node being located within a first zone and the second node being located within a second zone that is separate from the first zone, the nodes each comprising pools and volumes, the method comprising: determining, at the second node, that the first node has experienced a failure to send or receive data, wherein the failure is determined based on a heartbeat; creating a new route table at the second node for a virtual private cloud controller, wherein the new route table comprises an internet protocol address of the second node; flushing a previous route table on the virtual private cloud controller; updating the new route table on the virtual private cloud controller; and receiving, at the second node, data from the virtual private cloud controller.