IP Library Granted Patent US 9,213,578
Granted Patent B2
US 9,213,578 · App. 13/294,995 · Granted Dec 15, 2015

Cluster systems and methods

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Patent No.
US 9,213,578
App. No.
13/294,995
Granted
Dec 15, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

Information cluster systems and methods are presented. In one embodiment, a cluster method comprises: performing an engine process including issuing requests to bring a resource online, offline, and monitor the resources, wherein the engine process is performed by an engine; performing a resource interaction process including interacting with a resource and directing a resource to comply with the request from the engine process, wherein the resource interaction process is performed by a resource interaction agent; performing a predicate logic process including performing predicate logic operations to determine if a predicate logic condition associated with the resource is satisfied and forwarding an indication of the results of the predicate logic operations to the engine process, wherein the predicate logic process is performed by a predicate logic agent that is separate from the engine performing the engine process.

Claims (29)

1. A cluster method comprising:

issuing requests to bring a resource online, offline, and monitor the resource, wherein the requests are issued by at least one processor in an engine;

interacting with the resource and directing the resource to comply with the requests, wherein the resource interactions are performed by at least one processor in a resource interaction agent; and

performing predicate logic operations to determine if a predicate logic condition associated with the resource is satisfied and forwarding an indication of the results of the predicate logic operations to the engine, wherein the predicate logic operations are performed by at least one processor in a predicate logic agent, wherein the predicate logic agent is disposed between and separate from the engine and the resource interaction agent.

2. The cluster method of claim 1 wherein the predicate logic operations utilize information from the resource interactions in determining if the predicate logic condition associated with the resource is satisfied.

3. The cluster method of claim 1 wherein the predicate logic operations forward an indication that the predicate logic agent is online if the predicate logic condition is satisfied and forwards an indication that the predicate logic agent is offline if the predicate logic condition is not satisfied.

4. The cluster method of claim 1 wherein the predicate logic operations include a threshold operation that determines if a requisite number of resources are online.

5. The cluster method of claim 1 wherein the predicate logic operations include a Boolean logic operation that determines if the status of a requisite number of resources satisfy a Boolean relationship.

6. The cluster method of claim 1 wherein the predicate logic operations include a comparative operation.

7. The cluster method of claim 1 wherein a notifier script is performed in response to information from the resource interactions.

8. A reprogrammable non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored thereon computer executable instructions that when executed by at least one computer processor cause the at least one computer processor to perform a method comprising:

issuing requests o bring a resource online, offline, and monitor the resource, wherein the requests are issued by an engine;

interacting with the resource and directing the resource to comply with the requests, wherein the resource interactions are performed by a resource interaction agent; and

performing predicate logic operations to determine if a predicate logic condition associated with the resource is satisfied and forwarding an indication of the results of the predicate logic operations to the engine, wherein the predicate logic operations are performed by a predicate logic agent, wherein the predicate logic agent is disposed between and separate from the engine and the resource interaction agent.

9. The reprogrammable non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 8 wherein the predicate logic operations utilize information from the resource interactions in determining if the predicate logic condition associated with the resource is satisfied.

10. The reprogrammable non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 8 wherein the predicate logic operations forward an indication that the predicate logic agent is online if the predicate logic condition is satisfied and forwards an indication that the predicate logic agent is offline if the predicate logic condition is not satisfied.

11. The reprogrammable non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 8 wherein the predicate logic operations include a threshold operation that determines if a requisite number of resources are online.

12. The reprogrammable non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 8 wherein the predicate logic operations include a Boolean logic operation that determines if the status of a requisite number of resources satisfy a Boolean relationship.

13. The reprogrammable non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 8 wherein the predicate logic operations include a comparative operation.

14. The reprogrammable non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 8 wherein a notifier script is performed in response to information from the resource interactions.

15. A computer system comprising:

an engine configured to issue requests to bring a resource online, offline, and monitor the resource;

a resource interaction agent configured to interact with the resource and direct the resource to comply with the requests from the engine; and

a predicate logic agent configured to perform predicate logic operations to determine if a predicate logic condition associated with the resource is satisfied and forward an indication of the results of the predicate logic operations to the engine, wherein the predicate logic agent is disposed between and separate from the engine and the resource interaction agent.

16. The computer system of claim 15 wherein the predicate logic operations utilize information from the resource interaction process in determining if the predicate logic condition associated with the resource is satisfied.

17. The computer system of claim 15 wherein the predicate logic operations forward an indication the predicate logic agent is online if the predicate logic condition is satisfied and forwards an indication the predicate logic agent is offline if the predicate logic condition is not satisfied.

18. The computer system of claim 15 wherein the predicate logic operations include a threshold operation that determines if a requisite number of resources are online.

19. The computer system of claim 15 wherein the predicate logic operations include a Boolean logic operation that determines if the status of a requisite number of resources satisfy a Boolean relationship.

20. The computer system of claim 15 wherein the predicate logic operations include a comparative operation.

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