SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO ORGANIZE A COMPUTING SYSTEM HAVING MULTIPLE COMPUTERS, DISTRIBUTE COMPUTING TASKS AMONG THE COMPUTERS, AND MAINTAIN DATA INTEGRITY AND REDUNDANCY IN THE COMPUTING SYSTEM
A computing system having a plurality of computers connected via a computer network to form a computing entity. Each of the computers operates substantially independent of others. Each of the computers is configured to interrogate network infrastructure of the computer network to determine the identity of the computing entity when the computer is connected to the computer network and thus join the computing entity by announcing its presence in the computing entity. Each of the computers is configured to determine an identifier of the computer in the computing entity based on the connectivity configuration in the network infrastructure and assume a role to perform a portion of operations of a computing request directed to the computing entity over the computer network, based on the presence data of the computers in the entity.
