Enabling high availability and load balancing for JMX Mbeans
US7295952B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | May 24, 2006 |
| Grant date | Nov 13, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 24, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/5033
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Provided is a method for programming module load balancing and failover in a distributed computing environment. The Java Management extensions (JMX) specification is enhanced to support load balancing and provide a high-availability of JMX management beans (Mbeans). Also provided are enhancements to the programming model and infrastructure to support the enhanced programming model. Two exemplary approaches for load balancing and failover are provided, one based both upon clustered Mbeans and one based upon unclustered Mbeans. In the unclustered approach, client affinity is supported in that a request from a particular client can be routed to a particular Mbean. In the clustered approach, a specific Mbean can be invoked by providing a special parameter in the Mbean invocation or by adding a special property to the specific Mbean's ObjectName to indicate that during runtime automatic routing should not be employed.
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