Patent ID: 8234260

Claim:
A method for metadata management for scalable processes, comprising: creating and executing a process by a first home processor, wherein the process is associated with a process identification (ID); storing the process ID and information identifying the first home processor in a nearest physically located global process look-up data structure (GPLD) selected from a plurality of GPLDs, wherein the nearest physically located GPLD is shared among a plurality of home processors; requesting metadata associated with the process; searching the nearest physically located GPLD to obtain the first home processor of the process using the process ID; retrieving the metadata associated with the process from the first home processor; migrating the process from the first home processor to a second home processor, wherein the process is executed on the second home processor; and updating the nearest physically located GPLD, after the migration of the process to the second home processor, to indicate that the process is associated with the second home processor.