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Global server load balancing

  • US 8,024,441 B2
  • Filed: 02/16/2007
  • Issued: 09/20/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/26/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An apparatus, comprising:

  • a load balance switch that includes;

    switch hardware; and

    a controller adapted to calculate an average load of new connections to each respective site switch of a plurality of site switches, and to rank virtual IP addresses of the site switches based on the calculated average load of new connections to each said site switch,wherein a number of said new connections is determined at least in part using a weighted sampling interval of a plurality of sampling intervals,wherein at least one sampling interval of the plurality of sampling intervals is configurable with a weight of one and at least another sampling interval of the plurality of sampling intervals is configurable with a non-zero weight other than one.

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