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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2008
Louis R. Degenaro, White Plains, NY (US);
Lei Gao, Austin, TX (US);
Arun Kwangil Iyengar, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Jian Yin, Ossining, NY (US);
Louis R. Degenaro, White Plains, NY (US);
Lei Gao, Austin, TX (US);
Arun Kwangil Iyengar, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Jian Yin, Ossining, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armok, NY (US);
Abstract
Improved load balancing techniques are disclosed. For example, in one illustrative aspect of the invention, a method of satisfying requests in a system comprised of a plurality of servers comprises the following steps. At least one load balancer is provided for routing requests to the plurality of servers. At the at least one load balancer, a request sent from a client is obtained. At the at least one load balancer, the request is examined. Costs of satisfying the request by at least two of the plurality of servers are estimated. The estimation is based on at least one of a number and a cost of at least one remote access for satisfying the request. The request is routed to a server of the plurality of servers with a low estimated cost of satisfying the request.