Patent ID: 9060038
Filing Date: 2015-06-16
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, at a console comprising a processor, a request from a requester to access the console, the console coupled to a domain name server; in response to receiving the request to access the console, verifying, by the console, that the requester has a first permission to access the console; in response to verifying that the requester has the first permission to access the console, receiving, at the console from the requester, a command to modify an entry in the domain name server, the entry mapping a domain name to a first internet protocol address associated with a first remote server, the command comprising a first instruction to delete the first internet protocol address associated with the first remote server from the entry and a second instruction to add a second internet protocol address associated with a second remote server to the entry, the second remote server storing information that mirrors information stored by the first remote server; receiving, by the console from the domain name server, verification that the requester has a second permission to modify the entry in the domain name server; in response to receiving verification that the requester has the second permission to modify the entry in the domain name server, transmitting, by the console, the command from the console to the domain name server, the domain name server configured to delete the first internet protocol address associated with the first remote server from the entry and add the second internet protocol address associated with the second remote server to the entry such that the entry maps the domain name to the second internet protocol address associated with the second remote server to direct a request for access to the information via the domain name to the second remote server; monitoring a health-related parameter of the first remote server, wherein the health-related parameter comprises a parameter selected from a group of parameters comprising a response time, a processor usage, a memory usage, a network usage, and another parameter; determining that the health-related parameter indicates a disaster causing the first remote server to fail; and transmitting the command to modify the entry in the domain name server.