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APPARATUS AND METHODS OF A ZERO SINGLE POINT OF FAILURE LOAD BALANCER

  • US 20080133687A1
  • Filed: 11/28/2007
  • Published: 06/05/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/05/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method for a slave computing apparatus of a load balancer, comprising:

  • determining, according to a common predetermined health maintenance algorithm independently operable by each of a plurality of slaves in the load balancer, if a master of the load balancer is functioning; and

    if the master is not functioning, then attempting to become the master according to a common predetermined role transitioning algorithm independently operable by each of the plurality of slaves in the load balancer, wherein the predetermined role transitioning algorithm includes setting a master network identification in a master database table to a self network identification before at least one other slave sets a corresponding other slave network identification as the master network identification in the master database table.

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