Fault-tolerant computer cluster and a method for operating a...

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2007-08-21

2007-08-21

Chu, Gabriel L. (Department: 2114)

Error detection/correction and fault detection/recovery

Data processing system error or fault handling

Reliability and availability

C714S011000, C714S010000

Reexamination Certificate

active

10469874

ABSTRACT:
A computer cluster includes a network plane and a processing plane. In the cluster, the network plane is formed by at least one network computer, which is configured to assign a time tag to incoming request data. The processing plane is composed of at least two processing computers, which are supplied in parallel with the request data from the network plane. Each processing computer is configured to process the request data in a subsequent processing step, if the current value of the time tag falls within a respective significant value range. An “implicit synchronisation” of the computers is thus achieved in a simple manner.

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