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System and method for performing application level persistence

  • US 7,606,912 B1
  • Filed: 03/09/2007
  • Issued: 10/20/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/15/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of enabling a load balancing system, comprising:

  • enabling a load balancer to load balance incoming client requests to a plurality of servers;

    enabling each server of the plurality of servers to include blank persistence information as at least part of an application level protocol command in a response to a client request;

    enabling the load balancer to receive the response to the client request from each of the plurality of servers, and to write persistence information that identifies the respective server in place of the blank persistence information; and

    enabling the load balancer to recognize persistence information that is at least part of application level protocol commands included with incoming client requests, and to forward at least some incoming client requests having persistence information to one of the plurality of servers based at least in part on the persistence information included with the incoming client requests.

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