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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2014
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Gor Nishanov, Redmond, WA (US);
Andrea D'Amato, Kirkland, WA (US);
David Allen Dion, Bothell, WA (US);
Amitabh Prakash Tamhane, Redmond, WA (US);
Lokesh Srinivas Koppolu, Redmond, WA (US);
Nicholas Maliwacki, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments are directed to organizing computing nodes in a cluster federation and to reassigning roles in a cluster federation. In one scenario, a computer system identifies computing nodes that are to be part of a cluster federation which includes a master cluster and worker clusters. The computer system assigns a director role to a master node in the master cluster which governs decisions that affect consistency within the federation, and further assigns a leader role to at least one master node which monitors and controls other master nodes in the master cluster. The computer system assigns a worker agent role to a worker node which receives workload assignments from the master cluster, and further assigns a worker role to a worker node which processes the assigned workload. The organized cluster federation provides fault tolerance by allowing roles to be dynamically reassigned to computing nodes in different master and worker clusters.