Patent ID: 6460039
Filing Date: 2002-10-01
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for controlling operation of a computer software application running on a given computing node, which is a member of a group of mutually-linked computing nodes running the application within a distributed computing system, the method comprising:selecting a partitioning strategy for the application from among a plurality of available strategies indicating a manner in which, following a partition of the group, each node among the nodes in the group is to make a determination as to whether the node making the determination is in a primary component of the group or not; receiving a message at the given computing node indicative of a change in membership of the group; and determining in accordance with the selected partitioning strategy whether the given computing node belongs to the primary component of the group following the change in membership, such that running of the software application on the given node is restricted if the given node does not belong to the primary component.