METHODS, SYSTEMS AND APPARATUS TO DYNAMICALLY FACILITATE BOUNDARYLESS, HIGH AVAILABILITY M..N WORKING CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT WITH SUPPLEMENTAL RESOURCE

摘要

In a Boundaryless Control High Availability (“BCHA”) system (e.g., industrial control system) comprising multiple computing resources (or computational engines) running on multiple machines, technology for computing in real time the overall system availability based upon the capabilities/characteristics of the available computing resources, applications to execute and the distribution of the applications across those resources is disclosed. In some embodiments, the disclosed technology can dynamically manage, coordinate recommend certain actions to system operators to maintain availability of the overall system at a desired level. High Availability features may be implemented across a variety of different computing resources distributed across various aspects of a BCHA system and/or computing resources. Two example implementations of BCHA systems described involve an M:N working configuration and M:N+R working configuration.