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Method to identify transactions and manage the capacity to support the transaction

  • US 7,454,503 B2
  • Filed: 04/08/2004
  • Issued: 11/18/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/08/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for monitoring a comparative load for servers within a group of servers on a network in which a first server forwards requests to a plurality of second servers, said method comprising the steps of:

  • preparing a first table containing, for each of said plurality of second servers, an address and a respective counter;

    dumping a copy of an address resolution protocol cache to a storage area to form a cache dump;

    determining, from said cache dump, which of said plurality of second servers are present in said cache dump and for each of said second servers present, incrementing a respective counter;

    after said determining and incrementing steps are completed, comparing said plurality of respective counters with each other to determine if a load imbalance between said second servers is greater than a threshold value;

    if said load imbalance is greater than said threshold value, sending a message regarding said load imbalance.

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