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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2002
Balakumar N. Kaushik, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Richard L. Hammons, Hollister, CA (US);
Wai-sze Tam, Cupertino, CA (US);
Balakumar N. Kaushik, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Richard L. Hammons, Hollister, CA (US);
Wai-Sze Tam, Cupertino, CA (US);
Brocade Communications Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Fault tolerant techniques to update a distributed database in a switched-fabric network. A commit master switch initiates an update operation using a four-phase process that provides for the automatic fail-over to a second (or more) switches if the commit master should not complete the update operation. In response to a lost commit master switch, one or more switches may assume the role of the commit master to either abort or complete the update operation.