Scaleable web server and method of efficiently managing multiple servers
US6330602A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 7, 1997 |
| Grant date | Dec 11, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 7, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L69/329
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A client-server architecture includes a plurality of clients and a plurality of servers. Information resources are replicated among the servers. According to one aspect, the invention includes an intermediary device called a "depot" sitting transparently between a client and a pool of servers which have the replicated information resources. The depot dynamically distributes multiple sessions contained in a client request among the servers. This architecture realizes a good granular scaleability of servers, and improved server throughput with a good response time. Multiple depots also realize robustness.
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