Patent ID: 7376754

Claim:
A system for communicating information about server resources between servers in a cluster, the system comprising: one or more computers; a server cluster, run on said one or more computers, having a plurality of cluster members, including a first cluster member and a second cluster member; a set of resources or services on said first cluster member that can be used by other cluster members in the server cluster; wherein said first cluster member sends an advertisement of the services to the other cluster members, wherein if said second cluster member determines said second cluster member is out of synchronization with said first cluster member, or missed the advertisement, said second cluster member makes a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) point-to-point request to said first cluster member requesting the advertisement missed; wherein said first cluster member responds to said HTTP point-to-point request by sending a HTTP point-to-point response including an update of Java Naming and Directory Interface (JNDI) tree of said first cluster member to said second cluster member.