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Abstract

The present invention provides a method for hosting a series of active connections between Internet Protocol end-points and a system which hosts at least two processes, each process of the system including a similar instruction set constituting a service application and each process having an IP address, wherein at least one process may adopt an active state where a plurality of connections are used for sending and receiving data while at least one other process may adopt a stand-by state where a plurality of connections are not used for sending and receiving data, the method including: replicating data from the at least one active process to the at least one stand-by process, the replicated data including status data of the connections of the active process, so that the stand-by process maintains its connections updated with said replicated data, and the replicated data further including status data of the instruction set constituting the service application in the at least one active process, so that the instruction set constituting the service application in the at least one stand-by process remains updated with said replicated data, and deactivating the IP address of the active process and activating the IP address of the stand-by process in case the active process becomes unavailable.

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