Patent ID: 7426531
Filing Date: 2008-09-16
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A distributed data processing system comprising: at least two interconnected units the two units each comprising one of a central processor unit or a computer, each unit including an independent operating system and a communications driver for inter-unit communications; wherein a first of the at least two units is arranged for hosting a first actual process and a second of the at least two units is arranged for hosting a second actual process; a virtual link handler hosted at the first unit and the second unit, the virtual link handler hosting at the first unit a first shadow process representing said second actual process, the virtual link handler hosting at the second unit a second shadow process representing said first actual process, each of said first and second shadow processes being a dummy process unable to provide an essential functionality that is significant of its corresponding actual process, and a driver adapter provided for the first unit and the second unit for providing inter shadow process signal communication.