METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAINTAINING NETWORK CONNECTIONS ACROSS A VOLUNTARY PROCESS SWITCHOVER

摘要

A method and apparatus for maintaining network connections across a voluntary takeover involving the use of dual processors in an protocol process node running a protocol process application as an intermediary to server and client applications The protocol process node's primary processor checkpoints data to a backup processor. The data relates to the creation of a network connection between the server and client. Using the checkpointed data, the backup processor can assume the responsibilities of the primary processor in the event of a voluntary takeover of the primary processor.