Methods, systems and articles of manufacture for automatically starting a node in a clustered computer system. A starting state value may be assigned to the node and a discovery process initiated to find a sponsor node. If a sponsor node is found, the node is joined with the sponsor node in the clustered...http://www.google.se/patents/US7240088?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7240088 - Node self-start in a decentralized cluster
