Client/subscriber rotation using select write calls for server resiliency

• US 8,521,882 B2
• Filed: 09/15/2010
• Issued: 08/27/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/15/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Snap, Inc.
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Amsterdam, Jeffrey D., Jensen, Brian W., O'Connell, Brian M., Walker, Keith R.
• Primary Examiner(s): Barry, Lance L
• Application Number:
  US12/882,829
• Publication Number:
  US 20120066290A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,077 Days
• Field of Search: 709/203, 709/226
• US Class Current: 709/226
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1008 based on parameters of servers, e.g. available memory or workload monitoring of computer activity G06F11/30
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/148 Migration or transfer of sessions

Abstract

A computer implemented method, system, and computer program product for managing client connections to a server among a plurality of clients. A messaging server detects, by a first server, an attribute of a client connection that exceeds a threshold, wherein the attribute is a select write operation. The messaging server selects a client that connects to a server, responsive to detecting the attribute of the client exceeding the threshold of select write calls. The messaging server selects a connect mechanism of a second server, responsive to selecting the client. The messaging server transmits a migrate message to the client, the migrate message comprising at least a uniform resource identifier (URI).

Claims

1. A computer implemented method for managing client connections to a server among a plurality of clients, the computer implemented method comprising:

determining, by one or more processors, that a rate of select write calls of a first client exceeds a predetermined threshold,

and

in response, a first server transmitting a migrate message to the first client, the migrate message including a uniform resource identifier that describes a second server; and

responsive to transmitting the migrate message, the first server barring the first client from accessing resources of the first server for an exclusion period, and responsive to the expiration of the exclusion period, the first server reconnecting to the first client.

2. The computer implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

selecting a second client that connects to the first server using select write calls, wherein selecting comprises determining, by one or more processors, that a rate of select write calls of the first client exceeds the predetermined threshold; and

responsive to selecting the second client, retaining the second client based on the second client being below the predetermined threshold, wherein the predetermined threshold is an average of select write call behavior of the first client and select write call behavior of the second client.

3. The computer implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

after barring the first client, receiving a message from the first client; and

responsive to receiving the message, transmitting a disconnect message to the first client.

4. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein barring the first client further comprises dropping packets originating from the first client.

5. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the exclusion period is proportional to a difference between the rate of select write calls and the predetermined threshold, and wherein re-connecting the first client is based on the exclusion period expiring.

6. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the migrate message describes a connect mechanism that is a client-initiated polling method.

7. A computer program product for managing client connections to a server among a plurality of clients, the computer program product comprising:

a computer readable storage device having computer usable program code stored on the computer readable storage device, the computer usable program code comprising;

first program instructions to determine that a rate of select write calls of a first client at a first server exceeds a predetermined threshold and in response, transmit a migrate message to the first client, the migrate message including

a uniform resource identifier that describes a second server;

second program instructions, responsive to transmitting the migrate message, to bar the first client from accessing resources of the first server for an exclusion period, and responsive to the expiration of the exclusion period, reconnecting the first client to the first server; and

wherein the first and second program instructions are stored on the computer readable storage device.

8. The computer program product of claim 7, further comprising:

third program instructions to select a second client that connects to the server using select write calls, wherein selecting comprises first determining, by one or more processors, that a rate of select write calls of the first client exceeds the predetermined threshold;

fourth program instructions to retain the second client based on the second client being below the predetermined threshold, wherein the predetermined threshold is an average of select write call behavior of the first client and select write call behavior of the second client, responsive to selecting the second client; and

wherein the third and fourth program instructions are stored on the computer readable storage device.

9. The computer program product of claim 7, further comprising:

after barring the first client, third program instructions to receive a message from the first client;

responsive to receiving the message from the first client, fourth program instructions to transmit a disconnect message to the first client; and

wherein the third and fourth program instructions are stored on the computer readable storage device.

10. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein second program instructions to bar the first client further comprises third program instructions to drop packets originating from the first client.

11. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein the exclusion period is proportional to a difference between the rate of select write calls and the predetermined threshold, and wherein re-connecting the first client is based on the exclusion period expiring.

12. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein the migrate message describes a connect mechanism that is a client-initiated polling method.

13. A computer system for managing client connections to a server among a plurality of clients, the system comprising:

a processor, a computer readable memory and a computer readable storage device;

first program instructions to determine that a rate of select write calls of a first client at a first server exceeds a predetermined threshold and in response, transmit a migrate message to the first client, the migrate message including

a uniform resource identifier that describes a second server;

second program instructions, responsive to transmitting the migrate message, to bar the first client from accessing resources of the first server for an exclusion period and responsive to the expiration of the exclusion, reconnecting the first client to the first server; and

wherein the first and second program instructions are stored on the computer readable storage device for execution by the processor via the computer readable memory.

14. The computer system of claim 13, further comprising:

third program instructions to select a second client that connects to the server using select write calls, wherein selecting first determining, by one or more processors, that a rate of select write calls of the first client exceeds the predetermined threshold;

fourth program instructions to retain the second client based on the second client being below the predetermined threshold, wherein the predetermined threshold is an average of select write call behavior of the first client and select write call behavior of the second client, responsive to selecting the second client; and

wherein the third and fourth program instructions are stored on the computer readable storage device for execution by the processor via the computer readable memory.

15. The computer system of claim 13, further comprising:

third program instructions to receive a message from the first client, the instructions to receive being responsive to second program instructions to bar the first client;

responsive to receiving the message from the first client, fourth program instructions to transmit a disconnect message to the first client; and

wherein the third and fourth program instructions are stored on the computer readable storage device for execution by the processor via the computer readable memory.

16. The computer system of claim 13, wherein second program instructions to bar the first client further comprises third program instructions to drop packets originating from the first client.

17. The computer system of claim 13, wherein the exclusion period is proportional to a difference between the rate of select write calls and the predetermined threshold, and wherein re-connecting the first client is based on the exclusion period expiring.

18. The computer system of claim 13, wherein the migrate message describes a connect mechanism that is a client-initiated polling method.