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Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2016

Filed:

Nov. 22, 2013
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Nicholas J. Balogh, Raleigh, NC (US);

Albert D. Bennah, Cary, NC (US);

Adrian X. Rodriguez, Durham, NC (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/2007 (2013.01); G06F 11/203 (2013.01); G06F 11/2035 (2013.01); G06F 11/2046 (2013.01);
Abstract

Failover in a data center that includes a multi-density server, where the multi-density server includes multiple independent servers, includes; detecting, by a management module, a failure of one of the independent servers of the multi-density server; identifying, by the management module, a failover target; determining, by the management module, whether the failover target is a non-failed independent server included in the multi-density server; and responsive to determining that the failover target is a non-failed independent server included in the multi-density server, migrating, by the management module, the failed independent server's workload to another server that is not included in the multi-density server.


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