SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING DYNAMIC SPILLOVER OF VIRTUAL SERVERS BASED ON BANDWIDTH
First Claim
1. A method for performing bandwidth management of a virtual server on an object basis, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) establishing, on an appliance, a first virtual server for directing requests to a second virtual server based on requests corresponding to an object type;
(b) establishing, via the appliance, a bandwidth threshold for the second virtual server;
(c) directing, by the first virtual server, to the second virtual server client requests corresponding to the object type; and
(d) monitoring, by the appliance, bandwidth used by the second virtual server to determine if the bandwidth exceeds the bandwidth threshold.
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Abstract
The present solution provides a spillover management technique for virtual servers of an appliance based on bandwidth. A network administrator may configure a bandwidth threshold for one or more virtual servers, such as virtual servers providing acceleration or load balancing for one or more services. The bandwidth threshold may be specified as a number of bytes transferred via the virtual server. The bandwidth threshold may also be specified as a round trip time or derivative thereof. A user may specify the bandwidth threshold via a configuration interface. Otherwise, the appliance may establish the bandwidth threshold. The appliance monitors the bandwidth used by a first virtual server. In response to detecting the bandwidth reaching or exceeding the bandwidth threshold, the appliance dynamically directs client requests to a second virtual server.
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21 Claims
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1. A method for performing bandwidth management of a virtual server on an object basis, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) establishing, on an appliance, a first virtual server for directing requests to a second virtual server based on requests corresponding to an object type; (b) establishing, via the appliance, a bandwidth threshold for the second virtual server; (c) directing, by the first virtual server, to the second virtual server client requests corresponding to the object type; and (d) monitoring, by the appliance, bandwidth used by the second virtual server to determine if the bandwidth exceeds the bandwidth threshold. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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