Data processing: database and file management or data structures – Database design – Data structure types
Reexamination Certificate
2005-06-29
2010-10-05
To, Baoquoc N (Department: 2162)
Data processing: database and file management or data structures
Database design
Data structure types
C707S793000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07809675
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for sharing state information among a plurality of servers is provided. A first server receives a request to perform a file operation, such as a NFS file system operation. Thereafter, the first server updates state information to reflect a change in state associated with processing the request. The first server then causes state update information, which identifies the change in state that was made at the first server, to be propagated to a second server. The second server updates state information, stored at the second server, to reflect the change in state associated with processing the request at the first server. Advantageously, a client may send a series of stateful file operations to either the first server or the second server, even if processing any one of the stateful file operation requests requires knowledge of the state of processing prior requests in the series of requests.
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Agarwal Nipun
Idicula Sam
Jain Namit
Kapoor Vikram
Pannala Syam
Hickman Palermo & Truong & Becker LLP
Oracle International Corporation
To Baoquoc N
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