Patent ID: 6516423
Filing Date: 2003-02-04
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method of maintaining data in a distributed processing system including a number of processing locations, one processing location including a first central queue for processing data provided by each processing location, the method comprising the steps of:transporting data from each processing location to the first central queue for subsequent processing; for each processing location, maintaining data transported to the first central queue from the processing location and processing information corresponding to the transported data; for each processing location, removing the data and respective processing information therefrom upon the corresponding data being removed from the first central queue; and creating a second central queue in a processing location that is different from the processing location having the first central queue and substantially matching the first central queue, the step of creating being in response to an affirmative determination that the processing location having the first central queue experienced a failure, the second central queue being created based upon the processing information maintained in the processing locations.