DE69311797T2 - Fehlertolerantes computersystem mit vorrichtung fuer die bearbeitung von externen ereignissen - Google Patents

Fehlertolerantes computersystem mit vorrichtung fuer die bearbeitung von externen ereignissen

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DE69311797T2
DE69311797T2 DE69311797T DE69311797T DE69311797T2 DE 69311797 T2 DE69311797 T2 DE 69311797T2 DE 69311797 T DE69311797 T DE 69311797T DE 69311797 T DE69311797 T DE 69311797T DE 69311797 T2 DE69311797 T2 DE 69311797T2
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F11/00—Error detection; Error correction; Monitoring
    • G06F11/07—Responding to the occurrence of a fault, e.g. fault tolerance
    • G06F11/16—Error detection or correction of the data by redundancy in hardware
    • G06F11/20—Error detection or correction of the data by redundancy in hardware using active fault-masking, e.g. by switching out faulty elements or by switching in spare elements
    • G06F11/202—Error detection or correction of the data by redundancy in hardware using active fault-masking, e.g. by switching out faulty elements or by switching in spare elements where processing functionality is redundant
    • G06F11/2041—Error detection or correction of the data by redundancy in hardware using active fault-masking, e.g. by switching out faulty elements or by switching in spare elements where processing functionality is redundant with more than one idle spare processing component
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F11/00—Error detection; Error correction; Monitoring
    • G06F11/07—Responding to the occurrence of a fault, e.g. fault tolerance
    • G06F11/16—Error detection or correction of the data by redundancy in hardware
    • G06F11/1658—Data re-synchronization of a redundant component, or initial sync of replacement, additional or spare unit
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F11/00—Error detection; Error correction; Monitoring
    • G06F11/07—Responding to the occurrence of a fault, e.g. fault tolerance
    • G06F11/16—Error detection or correction of the data by redundancy in hardware
    • G06F11/20—Error detection or correction of the data by redundancy in hardware using active fault-masking, e.g. by switching out faulty elements or by switching in spare elements
    • G06F11/202—Error detection or correction of the data by redundancy in hardware using active fault-masking, e.g. by switching out faulty elements or by switching in spare elements where processing functionality is redundant
    • G06F11/2023—Failover techniques
    • G06F11/2028—Failover techniques eliminating a faulty processor or activating a spare
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    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F2201/00—Indexing scheme relating to error detection, to error correction, and to monitoring
    • G06F2201/86—Event-based monitoring
DE69311797T 1992-01-22 1993-01-22 Fehlertolerantes computersystem mit vorrichtung fuer die bearbeitung von externen ereignissen Expired - Fee Related DE69311797T2 (de)

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US07/824,134 US5363503A (en) 1992-01-22 1992-01-22 Fault tolerant computer system with provision for handling external events
PCT/US1993/000618 WO1993015461A1 (en) 1992-01-22 1993-01-22 Fault tolerant computer system with provision for handling external events

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US (1) US5363503A (de)
EP (1) EP0623230B1 (de)
JP (1) JP3209748B2 (de)
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WO (1) WO1993015461A1 (de)

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US5363503A (en) 1994-11-08
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