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Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2008

Filed:

Dec. 04, 2003
Applicants:

Prasad Limaye, Pune, IN;

Neelakandan Panchaksharam, Pune, IN;

Amol Katkar, Pune, IN;

Inventors:

Prasad Limaye, Pune, IN;

Neelakandan Panchaksharam, Pune, IN;

Amol Katkar, Pune, IN;

Assignee:

Symantec Operating Corporation, Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/46 (2006.01); G06F 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method involves: executing an application on a cluster, which includes several nodes; and, subsequent to the cluster being partitioned into several sub-clusters, a first one of the sub-clusters executing a first one of the applications and a second one of the sub-clusters being capable of executing a second application. The first sub-cluster executes the first one of the applications after either determining that no other sub-cluster includes nodes that are part of the logical cluster that runs that application or after winning ownership of the logical cluster that runs the application. In a competition for ownership of a logical cluster, the winning sub-cluster is selected based on application-specific information, which is specific to the application that runs on that logical cluster.


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