Patent ID: 8489721

Claim:
A method comprising: identifying at least one suitable node for operating a service group by accessing policy master information, wherein the policy master information indicates the at least one suitable node of a plurality of nodes identifying whether each of the at least one suitable node comprises a single point of failure by analyzing network topology information; processing high availability information for the each of the at least one suitable node, wherein the high availability information is received from the each of the at least one suitable node, and the high availability information relates to at least one computer resource at the each of the at least one suitable node that is configured for use by the service group; determining a high availability index for the each of the at least one suitable node, wherein the high availability index for the each of the at least one suitable node is determined from a high availability index of the at least one computer resource at the each of the at least one suitable node; and computing a high availability index for the service group, wherein the high availability index for the service group is computed using the network topology information and the high availability index for the each of the at least one suitable node.