Failover protection from a failed worker node in a shared memory system

An article of manufacture including program code which, when executed by a machine, causes the machine to perform a method to handle a session between computing systems, the method comprising:

• entering a notification of a request into a queue that supplies request notifications to a first worker node amongst a plurality of worker nodes, said first worker node targeted to process said request;
• in response to said first worker node failing before said notification could be serviced from said first queue, moving said notification from said first queue to a second queue that supplies request notifications to a second worker node amongst said plurality of worker nodes;
• after servicing said notification from said second queue, transferring said request to said second worker node;
• and,
• generating a response to said request with said second worker node.

A computing system comprising machines, said machines comprising a virtual machine and a processor, said computing system also comprising instructions disposed on a computer readable medium, said instructions capable of being executed by one of said machines to perform a method to handle a session between said computing system and another computer system, said method comprising:

• entering a notification of a request into a queue that supplies request notifications to a first worker node amongst a plurality of worker nodes, said first worker node targeted to process said request;
• in response to said first worker node failing before said notification could be serviced from said first queue, moving said notification from said first queue to a second queue that supplies request notifications to a second worker node amongst said plurality of worker nodes;
• after servicing said notification from said second queue, transferring said request to said second worker node;
• and,
• generating a response to said request with said second worker node.