Abstract: A first remote memory access link is established between a first communications interface card on the first computing device and a second communications interface card on the second computing device. In response to an error associated with the first remote memory access link, messages are copied from a segmented queue associated with the first communications interface card to a segmented queue associated with a third communications interface card on the first computing device. A second remote memory access link between the third communications interface card and a fourth communications interface card is activated on the second computing device, and messages are resent from the segmented queue associated with the third communications interface card to the fourth communications interface card through the second remote memory access link. The second computing device discards duplicate received messages, if any.

Abstract: A writing application on a computing device can reference a tail pointer to write messages to message buffers that a peer-to-peer data link replicates in memory of another computing device. The message buffers are divided into at least two queue segments, where each segment has several buffers. Messages are read from the buffers by a reading application on one of the computing devices using an advancing head pointer by reading a message from a next message buffer when determining that the next message buffer has been newly written. The tail pointer is advanced from one message buffer to another within a same queue segment after writing messages. The tail pointer is advanced from a message buffer of a current queue segment to a message buffer of a next queue segment when determining that the head pointer does not indicate any of the buffers of the next queue segment.

Abstract: A first remote memory access link is established between a first communications interface card on the first computing device and a second communications interface card on the second computing device. In response to an error associated with the first remote memory access link, messages are copied from a segmented queue associated with the first communications interface card to a segmented queue associated with a third communications interface card on the first computing device. A second remote memory access link between the third communications interface card and a fourth communications interface card is activated on the second computing device, and messages are resent from the segmented queue associated with the third communications interface card to the fourth communications interface card through the second remote memory access link. The second computing device discards duplicate received messages, if any.

Abstract: A writing application on a computing device can reference a tail pointer to write messages to message buffers that a peer-to-peer data link replicates in memory of another computing device. The message buffers are divided into at least two queue segments, where each segment has several buffers. Messages are read from the buffers by a reading application on one of the computing devices using an advancing head pointer by reading a message from a next message buffer when determining that the next message buffer has been newly written. The tail pointer is advanced from one message buffer to another within a same queue segment after writing messages. The tail pointer is advanced from a message buffer of a current queue segment to a message buffer of a next queue segment when determining that the head pointer does not indicate any of the buffers of the next queue segment.

Abstract: The present specification provides a high availability system. In one aspect a replicator is situated between a plurality of servers and a network. Each server is configured to execute a plurality of identical message processors. The replicator is configured to forward messages to two or more of the identical message processors, and to accept a response to the message as being valid if there is a quorum of identical responses.

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel system and method for failover. In an embodiment, a primary server and a backup server are available to a plurality of clients. Messages containing requests are processed by the primary server, while a mirror image of transaction records generated by the processing of those requests is maintained in volatile memory of both the primary server and the backup server. In this mode of operation, the volatile memory is periodically flushed to non-volatile memory.

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel system and method for failover. In an embodiment, a primary server and a backup server are available to a plurality of clients. Messages containing requests are processed by the primary server, while a mirror image of transaction records generated by the processing of those requests is maintained in volatile memory of both the primary server and the backup server. In this mode of operation, the volatile memory is periodically flushed to non-volatile memory.