Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput – Multicomputer data transferring via shared memory
Reexamination Certificate
2011-08-09
2011-08-09
Chan, Wing F (Department: 2441)
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput
Multicomputer data transferring via shared memory
C709S214000, C709S215000, C709S216000, C709S223000, C709S226000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07996484
ABSTRACT:
Techniques are disclosed for the non-disruptive and reliable live migration of a virtual machine (VM) from a source host to a target host, where network data is placed directly into the VM's memory. When a live migration begins, a network interface card (NIC) of the source stops placing newly received packets into the VM's memory. A virtual server driver (VSP) on the source stores the packets being processed and forces a return of the memory where the packets are stored to the NIC. When the VM has been migrated to the target, and the source VSP has transferred the stored packets to the target host, the VM resumes processing the packets, and when the VM sends messages to the target NIC that the memory associated with a processed packet is free, a VSP on the target intercepts that message, blocking the target NIC from receiving it.
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Dabagh Alireza
Mundkur Sambhrama Madhusudhan
Chan Wing F
Katsikis Kostas
Microsoft Corporation
Woodcock & Washburn LLP
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