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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2003
Erik J. Burckart, Raleigh, NC (US);
David B. Gilgen, Raleigh, NC (US);
Craig A. Lanzen, Lambertville, MI (US);
Erik J. Burckart, Raleigh, NC (US);
David B. Gilgen, Raleigh, NC (US);
Craig A. Lanzen, Lambertville, MI (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention is a method, system and apparatus for highly efficient connection pool management. In a preferred aspect of the invention, a highly efficient connection pool management system can include a connection pool configured to store one or more idle connections. The system further can include a connection manager programmed for coupling to the connection pool. The connection manager further can be programmed to validate individual ones of the idle connections by issuing a non-blocking input/output (I/O) operation to each of the individual ones of the idle connections.