Connection pool management for backend servers using common interface
US6105067A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 5, 1998 |
| Grant date | Aug 15, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 5, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L69/329
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A technique, system, and computer program for enhancing performance of the computers in a Web environment. This is done by creating a pool of connections between a Web server and backend data servers, reducing the overhead required for accessing the data servers and enabling the applications running on the Web server to be faster. Many different types of connections may be maintained concurrently in the pool, to similar or different data servers. A common interface to the pool is used, regardless of the type of backend data server connection, making programs which use the pool easier (and therefore less costly) to write and support. Options are defined for optimizing the number of connections in the pool.
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