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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2009
Yan Hua Xu, Southfield, MI (US);
Mark Reitzel, Southfield, MI (US);
Jerry Simons, Southfield, MI (US);
Terrance John Walsh, St Clair Shores, MI (US);
Yan Hua Xu, Southfield, MI (US);
Mark Reitzel, Southfield, MI (US);
Jerry Simons, Southfield, MI (US);
Terrance John Walsh, St Clair Shores, MI (US);
GE Intelligent Platforms, Inc., Charlottesville, VA (US);
Abstract
A method for implementing a high-availability system that includes a plurality of controllers that each includes a shared memory. The method includes storing in the shared memory, by each controller, status data related to each of a plurality of failure modes, and calculating, by each controller, an availability score based on the status data. The method also includes determining, by each controller, one of the plurality of controllers having a highest availability score, and identifying the one of the plurality of controllers having the highest availability score as a master controller.