WO2000062502A3 - Distributed server cluster for controlling network traffic - Google Patents

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WO2000062502A3
WO2000062502A3 PCT/US2000/009861 US0009861W WO0062502A3 WO 2000062502 A3 WO2000062502 A3 WO 2000062502A3 US 0009861 W US0009861 W US 0009861W WO 0062502 A3 WO0062502 A3 WO 0062502A3
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Jehoshua Bruck
Vasken Bohossian
Chenggong Fan
Paul Lemahieu
Philip Love
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Rainfinity Inc
Jehoshua Bruck
Vasken Bohossian
Chenggong Fan
Paul Lemahieu
Philip Love
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Priority to US09/566,592 priority patent/US6801949B1/en
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L61/00—Network arrangements, protocols or services for addressing or naming
    • H04L61/09—Mapping addresses
    • H04L61/25—Mapping addresses of the same type
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L61/00—Network arrangements, protocols or services for addressing or naming
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L67/00—Network arrangements or protocols for supporting network services or applications
    • H04L67/01—Protocols
    • H04L67/10—Protocols in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network
    • H04L67/1001—Protocols in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network for accessing one among a plurality of replicated servers
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L67/00—Network arrangements or protocols for supporting network services or applications
    • H04L67/01—Protocols
    • H04L67/10—Protocols in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network
    • H04L67/1001—Protocols in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network for accessing one among a plurality of replicated servers
    • H04L67/1004—Server selection for load balancing
    • H04L67/1008—Server selection for load balancing based on parameters of servers, e.g. available memory or workload

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A scalable, distributed, highly available, load balancing server system having multiple machines is provided that functions as a front server layer between a network (such as the Internet) and a back-end server layer having multiple machines functioning as Web file servers, FTP servers, or other application servers. The front layer machines comprise a server cluster that performs fail-over and dynamic load balancing for both server layers. The operation of the servers on both layers is monitored, and when a server failure at either layer is detected, the system automatically shifts network traffic from the failed machine to one or more operational machines, reconfiguring front-layer servers as needed without interrupting operation of the server system. The server system automatically accommodates additional machines in the server cluster, without service interruption. The system operates with a dynamic reconfiguration protocol that permits reassignment of network addresses to the front layer machines. The front layer machines perform their operations without breaking network communications between clients and servers, and without rebooting of computers.
PCT/US2000/009861 1999-04-12 2000-04-12 Distributed server cluster for controlling network traffic WO2000062502A2 (en)

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US09/566,592 US6801949B1 (en) 1999-04-12 2000-05-08 Distributed server cluster with graphical user interface

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