Method and system for forming a cluster of networked nodes

Details Method and system for forming a cluster of networked nodes Method and system for forming a cluster of networked nodes

2008-10-15

2011-11-08

Hamza, Faruk (Department: 2442)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput

Network computer configuring

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08055735

ABSTRACT:
A system and a method for automatic cluster formation by automatically selecting nodes based on a selection criteria configured by the user is disclosed. During a cluster re-formation process, a failed node may automatically get replaced by one of the healthy nodes in its network, which is not part of any cluster avoiding cluster failures. In case of a cluster getting reduced to a single node due to node failures and failed nodes could not be replaced due to non-availability of free nodes, the single node cluster may be merged with a existing healthy clusters in the network providing a constant level of high availability. The proposed method may also provide an affective load balancing by maintaining a constant number of member nodes in a cluster by automatically replacing the dead nodes with a healthy node.

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