System and method for surge protection and rate acceleration in a traffic director environment
US9733983B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 31, 2012 |
| Grant date | Aug 15, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 22, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L67/1034
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Described herein are systems and methods for use with a load balancer or traffic director, and administration thereof. In accordance with an embodiment the system comprises a traffic director having one or more traffic director instances, which is configured to receive and communicate requests, from clients, to origin servers having one or more pools of servers. A traffic monitor, at the traffic director, monitors traffic, including the number of connections, between the traffic director instances and one or more of the resource servers within the origin servers. The traffic director can set a traffic rate which controls the traffic, including the number of connections, to provide surge protection, or rate acceleration/deceleration.
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