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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2013
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Serge Bourbonnais, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Paul M. Cadarette, Hemet, CA (US);
Michael G. Fitzpatrick, Raleigh, NC (US);
David B. Petersen, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Gregory W. Vance, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A system for providing reliable availability of a general workload and continuous availability of a priority workload over long distances may include a first computing site configured to execute a first instance associated with the priority workload, wherein the first instance is designated as an active instance, a second computing site configured to execute a second instance of the priority workload, wherein the second instance is designated as a standby instance, a third computing site configured to restart a third instance associated with the general workload, and a workload availability module configured to synchronize a portion of data associated with the third instance with a corresponding portion of data associated with the second instance.