Patent ID: 7860957
Filing Date: 2010-12-28
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for managing network services in a distributed system, comprising: determining a minimum number of instances of a service of a plurality of services, the instances of the service comprising a plurality of launcher modules, each launcher module configured to launch one or more instances of one or more services; initiating, by a first launcher module, at least the minimum number of instances of the service on a plurality of network devices; detecting an inaccessibility of a particular network device having at least one instance of the service, the at least one instance comprising a second launcher module; determining that a remaining accessible number of instances for the service on the remaining accessible network devices is less than the minimum; and initiating, by the first launcher module, the at least one instance comprising the second launcher module on at least one other of the remaining accessible plurality of network devices in response to the remaining accessible number of instances of the service being less than the minimum in order to return the number of instances to at least the minimum.