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Data distribution techniques for load-balanced fault-tolerant web access

  • US 6,070,191 A
  • Filed: 10/17/1997
  • Issued: 05/30/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/17/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of processing client requests received in a server system over a communication network, the method comprising the steps of:

  • determining a distribution of a set of documents over a plurality of servers based at least in part on access rates of at least a subset of the documents;

    computing a set of redirection probabilities based on the distribution;

    routing a client request to a redirection server; and

    redirecting the client request from the redirection server to one of the plurality of document servers based on the set of redirection probabilities.

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