CA2274496A1 - Method and apparatus for balancing the process load on network servers according to network and server based policies - Google Patents

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CA2274496A1
CA2274496A1 CA002274496A CA2274496A CA2274496A1 CA 2274496 A1 CA2274496 A1 CA 2274496A1 CA 002274496 A CA002274496 A CA 002274496A CA 2274496 A CA2274496 A CA 2274496A CA 2274496 A1 CA2274496 A1 CA 2274496A1
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Rodney Lance Joffe
Jason Alan Brittain
Brian Everett Pettingell
Ian Burke Vandeventer
Steven Michael Hotz
Barry A. Dykes
James Joseph Lippard
Victor Joseph Ii Oppelman
Brett Dean Watson
Nils Herbert Mccarthy
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Rodney Lance Joffe
Jason Alan Brittain
Brian Everett Pettingell
Ian Burke Vandeventer
Steven Michael Hotz
Barry A. Dykes
James Joseph Lippard
Victor Joseph Ii Oppelman
Brett Dean Watson
Nils Herbert Mccarthy
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F9/00—Arrangements for program control, e.g. control units
    • G06F9/06—Arrangements for program control, e.g. control units using stored programs, i.e. using an internal store of processing equipment to receive or retain programs
    • G06F9/46—Multiprogramming arrangements
    • G06F9/50—Allocation of resources, e.g. of the central processing unit [CPU]
    • G06F9/5005—Allocation of resources, e.g. of the central processing unit [CPU] to service a request
    • G06F9/5027—Allocation of resources, e.g. of the central processing unit [CPU] to service a request the resource being a machine, e.g. CPUs, Servers, Terminals
    • G06F9/505—Allocation of resources, e.g. of the central processing unit [CPU] to service a request the resource being a machine, e.g. CPUs, Servers, Terminals considering the load
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L67/00—Network arrangements or protocols for supporting network services or applications
    • H04L67/01—Protocols
    • H04L67/10—Protocols in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network
    • H04L67/1001—Protocols in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network for accessing one among a plurality of replicated servers
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L67/00—Network arrangements or protocols for supporting network services or applications
    • H04L67/01—Protocols
    • H04L67/10—Protocols in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network
    • H04L67/1001—Protocols in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network for accessing one among a plurality of replicated servers
    • H04L67/1004—Server selection for load balancing
    • H04L67/1008—Server selection for load balancing based on parameters of servers, e.g. available memory or workload
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L67/00—Network arrangements or protocols for supporting network services or applications
    • H04L67/01—Protocols
    • H04L67/10—Protocols in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network
    • H04L67/1001—Protocols in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network for accessing one among a plurality of replicated servers
    • H04L67/1004—Server selection for load balancing
    • H04L67/101—Server selection for load balancing based on network conditions

Abstract

According to the present invention, a method and system provides the ability to assign requests for data objects made by clients among multiple network servers. The invention provides a distributed computing system and methods to assign user requests to replicated servers contained by the distributed computing system in a manner that attempts to meet the goals of a particular routing policy. Policies may include minimizing the amount of time for the request to be completed.
CA002274496A 1996-12-09 1997-12-09 Method and apparatus for balancing the process load on network servers according to network and server based policies Expired - Fee Related CA2274496C (en)

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US08/965,848 1997-11-07
PCT/US1997/022542 WO1998026559A1 (en) 1996-12-09 1997-12-09 Distributed computing system and method for distributing user requests to replicated network servers

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