Patent ID: 7571255
Filing Date: 2009-08-04
Classification: G06F,H04L,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A system for communicating information about server resources between servers in a cluster, the system comprising: one or more computers; a server cluster, run on the one or more computers, having a plurality of cluster members, including a first cluster member and a second cluster member; a set of resources or services on the first cluster member that can be used by other cluster members in the server cluster, wherein the first cluster member can send advertisements of the set of resources or services to the other cluster members; wherein if the second cluster member determines the second cluster member is out of synchronization with the first cluster member wherein when a subsequent cluster member is newly added to the server cluster, the subsequent cluster member waits for advertisements from the plurality of cluster members and makes a point-to-point request to a single cluster member in the server cluster requesting a statedump from the single cluster member.