Abstract: A system and method for providing highly available and/or fault tolerant servers by implementing a lookup table or other data structure that allows a common file handle to be generated and interpreted by any component server of the HA server, thereby preventing stale file handles and removing local file system requirements as to media, implementation, and location.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 6, 2001
Date of Patent:
February 8, 2005
Assignee:
Continuous Computing Corporation
Inventors:
Robert Penn Cagle, Patrick J. McEvoy, Kevin Sean Sheehan