METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTING LOAD AMONG A PLURALITY OF SERVICE NODES
First Claim
1. For a service node (SN) group comprising a plurality of service nodes for performing a service on data messages, wherein one service node is a primary service node (PSN) and each other service node is a secondary service node (SSN), a non-transitory machine readable medium storing a PSN program comprising sets of instructions for:
- analyzing data message load on each service node; and
based on the analysis, providing a set of load balancing parameters (LBP) to a load balancer (LB) set that distributes data message flows to the service nodes of the SN group.
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Abstract
Some embodiments provide an elastic architecture for providing a service in a computing system. To perform a service on the data messages, the service architecture uses a service node (SN) group that includes one primary service node (PSN) and zero or more secondary service nodes (SSNs). The service can be performed on a data message by either the PSN or one of the SSN. However, in addition to performing the service, the PSN also performs a load balancing operation that assesses the load on each service node (i.e., on the PSN or each SSN), and based on this assessment, has the data messages distributed to the service node(s) in its SN group. Based on the assessed load, the PSN in some embodiments also has one or more SSNs added to or removed from its SN group. To add or remove an SSN to or from the service node group, the PSN in some embodiments directs a set of controllers to add (e.g., instantiate or allocate) or remove the SSN to or from the SN group. Also, to assess the load on the service nodes, the PSN in some embodiments receives message load data from the controller set, which collects such data from each service node. In other embodiments, the PSN receives such load data directly from the SSNs.
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1. For a service node (SN) group comprising a plurality of service nodes for performing a service on data messages, wherein one service node is a primary service node (PSN) and each other service node is a secondary service node (SSN), a non-transitory machine readable medium storing a PSN program comprising sets of instructions for:
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analyzing data message load on each service node; and based on the analysis, providing a set of load balancing parameters (LBP) to a load balancer (LB) set that distributes data message flows to the service nodes of the SN group. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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