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Controlled server loading

  • US 20020055980A1
  • Filed: 08/15/2001
  • Published: 05/09/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/03/2000
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A server for providing data to clients, the server comprising:

  • a dispatcher having a queue for storing requests received from clients; and

    at least one back-end server;

    wherein the dispatcher stores in the queue one or more of the requests received from clients when the back-end server is unavailable to process said one or more requests;

    wherein the dispatcher retrieves said one or more requests from the queue for forwarding to the back-end server when the back-end server becomes available to process said one or more requests; and

    wherein the dispatcher determines whether the back-end server is available to process said one or more requests by comparing a number of connections concurrently supported by the back-end server to a maximum number of concurrent connections that the back-end server is permitted to support, the maximum number being less than a maximum number of connections which the back-end server is capable of supporting concurrently.

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