Patent ID: 7389293
Filing Date: 2008-06-17
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for remastering resources, the method comprising: determining a utilization of a first node that is executing a first database server that has been designated to be a master for one or more resources; wherein the one or more resources are disk blocks of a database; wherein the first database server is one of a plurality of database servers that have access to the disk blocks of the database; wherein the first database server, as the master of the one or more resources, maintains lock information that indicates locks that have been granted, by the first database server, to access the one or more resources; and based on the utilization, designating a second database server, executing on a node other than the first node, to be a master for the one or more resources, so that the first database server is no longer designated to be a master for the one or more resources; wherein the step of designating comprises: wherein the step of selecting the particular database object comprises: