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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2002
Applicants:
Richard A. Gahan, Gory, IE;
John Hickey, Ratoath, IE;
Inventors:
Richard A. Gahan, Gory, IE;
John Hickey, Ratoath, IE;
Assignee:
3Com Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Access of a malfunctioning server to a data storage facility is blocked. Characteristics such as IAmAlive signals from a server are monitored and when out of profile a malfunction is indicated and data access of that server is inhibited. Characteristics continue to be monitored for a return from the malfunction. The system can be used in a resilient cluster of servers to shut out a malfunctioning server and enable its recovery to be indicated so as to enable readmittance to the cluster.