Patent ID: 9547705
Date: 2017-01-17
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A method of mounting a filesystem holding data for a live application at a server, the method comprising: prior to an event causing mounting of the application at the server, receiving changes in the live application data at the server from a current master server hosting the application and maintaining a version of the live application data; responsive to the event, the server recognizing itself as the new master server and mounting the filesystem for the live application using its maintained version of the live application data; receiving requests for the application at the server and servicing the request to deliver a service using the live application; and managing load in a cluster of servers in which the server is connected, by at least: wherein the server identifies itself as the new master server after exchanging messages with other servers in the cluster to determine the version of the filesystem of the highest centre of mass metric, based on analysis of snapshots of changes in the live application data which have been received.