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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2025
Filed:
May. 09, 2024
Dell Products L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);
DELL PRODUCTS L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
In a clustered environment, compute nodes work together to provide high availability and reliability for applications and services. To keep the compute nodes synchronized, a cluster employs a witness service, which typically operates on a separate system. In addition to issues related to potential loss of the witness service, there are also issues of additional costs and overhead. In one or more embodiments, two or more compute nodes of a cluster include a data processing unit (DPU) system operating a witness service. For a compute node with a local DPU system that operates a local witness service, the local witness service handles data related to the local workload(s) and may synchronize with one or more remote witness services on remote DPUs in the cluster in the event of failure or other issues.