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Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2019

Filed:

Sep. 30, 2016
Applicant:

Fireeye, Inc., Milpitas, CA (US);

Inventor:

Mumtaz Siddiqui, Fremont, CA (US);

Assignee:

FireEye, Inc., Milpitas, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 9/455 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/145 (2013.01); G06F 9/45558 (2013.01); H04L 63/1416 (2013.01); H04L 63/1425 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45591 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method to ensure availability of a plurality of computing nodes operating within a cluster that analyzes suspicious objects received from geographically remote sensors for malware is described. Responsive to a change in operability of a cluster, a determination is made whether the change is directed to a broker computing node or an analytic computing node. Where the change is a failover experienced by a broker computing node, a determination is made whether the cluster includes a plurality of broker computing nodes, and if not, an analytic computing node is configured to operate as a second broker computing node. For a takeover event, however, a determination is made whether the cluster includes a plurality of broker computing nodes, and if not, the analytic computing node operates as the second broker computing node. The first broker computing node is subsequently placed into an off-line status until maintenance has completed.


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