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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2007
Applicants:
Nisha Talagala, Livermore, CA (US);
Martin Patterson, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Inventors:
Nisha Talagala, Livermore, CA (US);
Martin Patterson, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Assignee:
Gear Six, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H06W 4/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates generally to a method for efficient I/O handling in a cluster-based architecture. According to one aspect, the invention enables efficient scheduling of TCP connection migrations within a cluster. According to another aspect, the invention enables I/Os performed as TCP handoff operations to coexist on the same TCP/IP connection with I/Os performed as remote operations.