Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput – Computer network managing
Patent
1998-11-20
1999-12-21
Meky, Moustafa M.
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput
Computer network managing
G06F 1300
Patent
active
060062592
ABSTRACT:
The present invention is an Internet Protocol (IP) network clustering system which can provide a highly scalable system which optimizes message throughput by adaptively load balancing its components, and which minimizes delay and packet loss especially in the TCP mode by a controlled fail-over process. An innovative process of defining the essential portion of TCP state required to maintain reliable message connections across the cluster is also disclosed.
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Adelman Kenneth Allen
Kashtan David Lyon
Palter William L.
Piper, II Derrell D.
Basinski Erwin J.
Meky Moustafa M.
Network Alchemy, Inc.
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