Patent ID: 7299231

Claim:
A method for configuring a plurality of server systems, the method comprising: configuring the plurality of server systems as a first database having a group name and a group port, including configuring each of the plurality of server systems with the group name and the group port; and registering each of the plurality of server systems with a system routing facility as being part of the first database; configuring a subset of the plurality of server systems as a second database having a subset name and a subset port, including configuring each server system in the subset with the subset name and the subset port; and registering each server system in the subset with the system routing facility as being part of the second database in addition to the first database; each server system in the subset listening for connections on both the group port and the subset port; receiving a request to connect at the subset port from a client application; sending a connect reply to the client application; receiving a request from the client application for a list of server systems in the subset; obtaining the list from the system routing facility; and sending the list to the client application, wherein the first database is accessible by a client application via the group name and the group port for storage of data in the first database, and the second database is accessible by a client application via the subset name and the subset group for storage of data in the second database.