System and method for workload balancing by resetting an average queue depth upon the start of the server instance
US7409688B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 13, 2003 |
| Grant date | Aug 5, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 12, 2026 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/5083
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The present invention relates to an apparatus, method and computer program for workload balancing in an asynchronous messaging system. The number of server instances, which process work items from a queue of messages, is controlled based upon that queue's average queue depth and one or more predetermined thresholds.
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