Distributing load of requests from clients over multiple servers
First Claim
1. A method of balancing load of a plurality of requests from at least one of first and second clients between a first and a second server, the method comprising:
- comparing said load of said plurality of requests to a threshold of processing requests at said first server to determine whether said first server can process said plurality of requests; and
if said first server can not process said plurality of requests based on said threshold, selectively redirecting a set of requests from said plurality of requests to said second server based on a policy associated with said first server.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for balancing load of a plurality of requests from at least one of first and second clients between a first and a second server. The method comprises comparing the load of the plurality of requests to a threshold of processing requests at the first server to determine whether the first server can process the plurality of requests. The method further comprises selectively redirecting a set of requests from the plurality of requests to the second server based on a policy associated with the first server, if the first server can not process the plurality of requests based on the threshold.
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1. A method of balancing load of a plurality of requests from at least one of first and second clients between a first and a second server, the method comprising:
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comparing said load of said plurality of requests to a threshold of processing requests at said first server to determine whether said first server can process said plurality of requests; and
if said first server can not process said plurality of requests based on said threshold, selectively redirecting a set of requests from said plurality of requests to said second server based on a policy associated with said first server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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