Patent ID: 7139939
Filing Date: 2006-11-21
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A system for managing a plurality of servers in a cluster, said system comprising: means for sending a request to one of said severs; means, responsive to said one server handling said request after a first predetermined time-out but before a second, greater predetermined time-out, for incrementing a count, and responsive to said one server not handling said request by said second predetermined time-out, for incrementing said count without determining if said one server is currently operational; means, responsive to the incremented count being less than a predetermined integer threshold greater than one, for taking no corrective action; means, responsive to the incremented count equaling said threshold and said one server handling said request after said first predetermined time-out but before said second predetermined time-out, for automatically notifying a dispatcher for said one server to reduce a rate of dispatching new requests to said one server, and means, responsive to the incremented count equaling said threshold and said one server not handling said request by said second predetermined time-out, for automatically initiating a memory dump of said one server.