System and method for enhancing efficiency and/or efficacy of switchover and/or failover in providing network based services with high availability

摘要

A system is configured to provide a suite of network-based services to users with high availability. The suite of network-based services may include browser-based collaboration functions, process management functions, index functions, search functions, help search functions, document-management functions, and/or other functions. The suite of network-based services may correspond to services provided by a server application such as Microsoft® SharePoint™ being executed on one or more processors of one or more servers. As used herein, the term “high availability” may refer a system design protocol that ensures a certain degree of operational continuity during a given measurement period.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method of backing up one or more servers cooperating to serve a server application with a standby server, the standby server comprising a processor configured to execute a computer program module, the method comprising:
obtaining a set of server application services associated with the server application that are to be backed up by the standby server, the set of server application services comprising a first service; determining whether the first service is a primary service or a secondary service; responsive to the determining that the first service is a secondary service, configuring the first service on the standby server without waiting for receipt of a command to change the set of server application services over to the standby server; and responsive to the determining that the first service is a primary service, delaying configuring the first service on the standby server until receipt of a command to change the set of server application services over to the standby server.