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Cluster architecture for network security processing

  • US 9,203,865 B2
  • Filed: 03/04/2013
  • Issued: 12/01/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions to cause a computing device to perform a method, comprising:

  • maintaining flow assignment data for a cluster comprising a plurality of cluster computing devices configured to process network flows, wherein the flow assignment data comprise assignments of network flows to respective cluster computing devices;

    identifying a network flow for processing by the cluster;

    selecting one of the plurality of cluster computing devices to assign to the identified network flow in response to determining that the selected cluster computing device is assigned to a network flow that is related to the identified network flow; and

    assigning the identified network flow to the selected cluster computing device.

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