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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2002
Dwight R. Frye, Jr., Cary, NC (US);
Thomas R. Bakita, Raleigh, NC (US);
John G. White, Cary, NC (US);
Dwight R. Frye, Jr., Cary, NC (US);
Thomas R. Bakita, Raleigh, NC (US);
John G. White, Cary, NC (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A system includes a network and multiple network devices. The network devices run instances of various services. If a particular network device becomes inaccessible, the system is capable of replacing the services instances running on the inaccessible network device by initiating new service instances on the remaining network devices. If a new network device becomes accessible, the network is capable of redistributing the currently running service instances to balance the workload by initiating service instances on the new network device and terminating service instances on existing network device.