Distributed transactional recovery system and method

A computer-implemented method of transaction recovery in a distributed computing environment, comprising:

• storing, with a transaction log server, a shared transaction log;
• implementing, with a plurality of application servers, a distributed transaction application that accesses the shared transaction log when performing a transaction using the distributed transaction application;
• and
• storing, with a plurality of resource servers, data, wherein the plurality of resource servers operates with the plurality of application servers to access the data according to the transaction,
• wherein the plurality of application servers, the plurality of resource servers, and the transaction log server are implemented by a plurality of hardware devices that are connected via a network, and
• wherein if an application server of the plurality of application servers becomes a failed application server, an active application server assumes responsibility for a portion of the shared transaction log that was previously accessed by the failed application server.

A computer program embodied on a plurality of tangible storage media, comprising:

• a shared transaction log, stored by a transaction log server;
• a distributed transaction application, stored by a plurality of application servers, that accesses the shared transaction log when performing a transaction;
• and
• data, stored by a plurality of resource servers, that is accessed by the distributed transaction application according to the transaction,
• wherein the plurality of application servers, the plurality of resource servers, and the transaction log server are implemented by a plurality of hardware devices that are connected via a network, and
• wherein if an application server of the plurality of application servers becomes a failed application server, an active application server assumes responsibility for a portion of the shared transaction log that was previously accessed by the failed application server.