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Apparatus and method for performing traffic redirection in a distributed system using a portion metric

  • US 6,205,477 B1
  • Filed: 10/20/1998
  • Issued: 03/20/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/20/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for distributing a service request, the method comprising:

  • assigning a portion metric to each one of a plurality of servers, the portion metric designating a portion of total server requests to be allocated to the one of the plurality of servers;

    accepting an HTTP connection;

    incrementing a total number of server requests processed by the plurality of servers;

    maintaining a number of server requests distributed to each one of the plurality of servers;

    selecting one of the plurality of servers using the portion metric assigned to each one of the plurality of servers, the number of server requests distributed to each one of the plurality of servers, and the total number of server requests; and

    sending an HTTP code redirect.

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