Patent ID: 7936691

Claim:
A method of replicating data with a first network device having at least one processor configured to execute instructions for causing the first network device to perform steps of: systematically assigning a first replication attribute and a second replication attribute to each of a plurality of data sections in a data group comprising point-to-point protocol (PPP) session data accessible to the first network device; selecting a plurality of data sections from the data group; determining states of the first and second replication attributes associated with a first data section in the plurality of data sections selected from the data group; selectively replicating the first data section to a second network device, to create a replicated version of the first data section accessible by the second network device based on the state of the first replication attribute, such that the first data section is replicated when it is determined that the first replication attribute has a first state and not replicated when it is determined that the first replication attribute does not have the first state; sending information to the second network device for processing the first data section based on the state of the first and second replication attribute, such that the information is sent when it is determined that the first replication attribute has the first state and the second replication attribute has a second state and the information is not sent when it is determined that the first replication attribute does not have the first state or the second replication attribute does not have the second state; wherein the first network device selectively replicates each data section in the plurality of selected data sections according to a value of the replication attribute associated with said each data section; and wherein processing the first data section comprises an operational software process on the second network device.