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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2019
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Yolanda Colpo, Tucson, AZ (US);
John C. Elliott, Tucson, AZ (US);
Enrique Q. Garcia, Tucson, AZ (US);
Larry Juarez, Tucson, AZ (US);
Todd C. Sorenson, Tucson, AZ (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
In accordance with one aspect of the present description, a node of the distributed computing system has multiple communication paths to a data processing resource lock which controls access to shared resources, for example. In this manner, at least one redundant communication path is provided between a node and a data processing resource lock to facilitate reliable transmission of data processing resource lock signals between the node and the data processing resource lock. Other features and aspects may be realized, depending upon the particular application.