Extended virtual memory system and method in a computer cluster

A system comprising:

• a local computer;
• a computer network;
• and
• a remote computer clustered with the local computer through the computer network, the local computer executing a local memory management module that is configured to:
• generate a virtual address space associated with data of the local computer,
• translate the virtual address space to a local physical address space with a page table entry of the local computer, and
• provide a capability to extend memory space for at least one of an application and a process executing on the local computer through translating at least some of the virtual address space to a remote address of a remote memory of the remote computer, and the remote computer executing a remote memory management module to declare a set of remote kernel data structures to the local memory management module executing on the local computer, thereby rendering at least a portion of a local memory of the local computer and the remote memory of the remote computer globally available to the at least one of the application and the process executing on the local computer.

A non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising instructions embodied therein configured to be executable through a local computer, comprising:

• instructions for generating a virtual address space associated with data of the local computer;
• instructions for translating the virtual address space to a local physical address space with a page table entry of the local computer;
• and
• instructions for providing a capability to extend memory space for at least one of an application and a process executing on the local computer through:
• declaring, through a remote memory management module executing on a remote computer clustered with the local computer through a computer network, a set of remote kernel data structures to a local memory management module executing on the local computer;
• and
• translating at least some of the virtual address space to a remote address of a remote memory of the remote computer through the local memory management module, thereby rendering at least a portion of a local memory of the local computer and the remote memory of the remote computer globally available to the at least one of the application and the process executing on the local computer.