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Method and apparatus for buffering and obtaining resources, resource buffering system

US9503518B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 13, 2012
Grant dateNov 22, 2016
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Expiry dateFeb 21, 2035

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L67/5682
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and an apparatus for buffering and obtaining resources as well as a resource buffering system are disclosed. The method includes: obtaining an access popularity value of a resource from a database at intervals of a first preset time, and obtaining load values of cache servers from the database if determining that the access popularity value reaches a preset first threshold; and determining a duplication cache server for duplicating the resource according to the access popularity value and the load values, and notifying the duplication cache server to duplicate the resource from a cache server that stores the resource and buffer the resource. The method overcome the problems in the prior, namely, the same resource is buffered in only one cache server and the relatively idle cache servers are unable to share loads with busy cache servers. The method improves extensibility and working efficiency of the buffering system.

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