Patent ID: 7343601

Claim:
A method for deploying a computer application on a network, comprising the steps of: selecting an application server of a cluster for application priming thereof; installing an application on a local file system of said application server according to an installation procedure of an installation management node of said cluster to define a locally installed application; relocating said locally installed application onto a shared file system, wherein said shared file system mirrors an application directory of said installation management node, by the steps of: identifying files of said application as functionally read-only files, instance read/write files, and application read/write files; moving said functionally read-only files from said locally installed application to said shared file system to define relocated functionally read-only files; moving said application read/write files from said locally installed application to said shared file system to define relocated application read/write files; automatically establishing said instance read/write files in at least one subtree of said local file system; and automatically establishing symbolic links on said application server that are directed to corresponding locations of said relocated functionally read-only files and said relocated application read/write files.