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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2013
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Roberto DeLima, Apex, NC (US);
Craig A. Lanzen, Lambertville, MI (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/0803 (2013.01); H04L 29/06 (2013.01); H04L 41/0823 (2013.01); H04L 41/0846 (2013.01); H04L 41/0856 (2013.01); H04L 41/0869 (2013.01); H04L 41/5009 (2013.01); H04L 41/5054 (2013.01); H04L 67/02 (2013.01); H04L 67/1008 (2013.01); H04L 67/1014 (2013.01); H04L 67/1023 (2013.01); H04L 67/14 (2013.01); H04L 67/142 (2013.01); H04L 67/34 (2013.01); H04L 67/1002 (2013.01); H04L 69/329 (2013.01); H04L 2029/06054 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention is a method and apparatus for facilitating facilitates load balancing in a server farm. In accordance with various aspects of the invention, all of the information about each server necessary for a load balancing program to define and execute a load balancing algorithm is stored at a predetermined URL for each server. The load balancer can query the predefined URL, which returns the necessary information. The load balancer then dynamically configures the load balancing algorithm in accordance with the returned information.