Data processing system having selective data save and address translation mechanism utilizing CPU idle period

K Aoyagi - US Patent 5,420,996, 1995 - Google Patents
Maier & Neustadt 57 ABSTRACT A main memory has a plurality of divided storage areas. A
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Backup system that takes a snapshot of the locations in a mass storage device that has been identified for updating prior to updating

R Ohran - US Patent 5,835,953, 1998 - Google Patents
A system and method for maintaining logically consistent backups using minimal data
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Method and system for providing fault tolerant access between clients and a server

GP Lu, H Jordan, P Chu - US Patent 5,948,108, 1999 - Google Patents
A method and System for providing a fault tolerant acceSS between network clients and a
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Method and system for providing a static snapshot of data stored on a mass storage system

RS Ohran, MR Ohran - US Patent 5,649,152, 1997 - Google Patents
A system and method for providing a static snapshot, or image, of data stored on a mass
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System and method for ensuring the availability of a storage system

ML Bessire - US Patent 7,055,056, 2006 - Google Patents
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Reliable time delay-constrained cluster computing

R Friedman, KP Birman, S Keshav, W Vogels - US Patent 6,393,581, 2002 - Google Patents
(56) References Cited Apparatus and method of cluster computing are described. The
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Method for software error recovery using consistent global checkpoints

YM Wang - US Patent 5,630,047, 1997 - Google Patents
Disclosed is a method for error recovery in a multiprocessing computer system of the type in
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Concurrent switch to shadowed device for storage controller and device errors

RF Kern, MA Paulsen, WC Shepard… - US Patent …, 1999 - Google Patents
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Generic fault tolerant platform

BC Wyld, JM Rosset, P Sauvage, D Pierrot… - US Patent …, 1999 - Google Patents
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Non-disruptive recovery from file server failure in a highly available file system for clustered computing environments

MV Devarakonda, WA Kish, A Mohindra - US Patent 5,566,297, 1996 - Google Patents
57) ABSTRACT A system and method for non-disruptive recovery from a file server failure.
State information for a file system managed by a server is maintained among a plurality of …