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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2005
Sanjay Govindrao Kulkarni, Sammamish, WA (US);
Juraj Slugen, Bellevue, WA (US);
Terrence Courtney Owen, Seattle, WA (US);
Sanjay Govindrao Kulkarni, Sammamish, WA (US);
Juraj Slugen, Bellevue, WA (US);
Terrence Courtney Owen, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A method, schema, and computer-readable medium provide various means for load balancing computing devices in a multi-server environment. The method, schema, and computer-readable medium for load balancing computing devices in a multi-server environment may be utilized in a networked server environment, implementing a spreadsheet application for manipulating a workbook, for example. The method, schema, and computer-readable medium operate to load balance computing devices in a multi-server environment including determining whether a file, such as a spreadsheet application workbook, resides in the cache of a particular server, such as a calculation server. Upon meeting certain conditions, the user request may be directed to the particular server.