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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2024
Akamai Technologies, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
Utkarsh Goel, Playa Del Rey, CA (US);
Peter B. Chave, Andover, MA (US);
Philip A. Lisiecki, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Igor B. Lubashev, Arlington, MA (US);
Akamai Technologies, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
A cloud provider implements a safety mechanism for links associated with its infrastructure. Link safety is achieved by changing how server and network capacity information is shared by the cloud provider with a customer entity that utilizes the infrastructure. To this end, the entity is provided information about defining a 'mini-cluster' that is configured from a physical server cluster, and where the mini-cluster services only one particular link. A mini-cluster has one or more servers, typically virtual machines. The egress capacity of each of the servers within a mini-cluster is capped to match a maximum link capacity that is allocated to the customer entity's traffic. By dedicating a fixed set of servers to the link and capping the total server capacity to a maximum link size defined for a given customer, traffic provided by the customer entity's software system is controlled to prevent link overload.