Patent ID: 9032240
Filing Date: 2015-05-12
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for a high availability (HA) server system, comprising: forwarding an IP address of an active server, and an IP address of a standby server of the HA server system, to a client device when an association between the client device and the active server is established based on stream control transmission protocol (SCTP); synchronously mirroring a state of a SCTP stack and a state of an application of the active server to the standby server using a control channel between the active server and the standby server; and, when a failure of the active server is detected, servicing the client device using the standby server based on the state of the SCTP stack and the state of the application; wherein the IP address of the standby server is presented to the client device as a secondary IP address of the active server.