System and method for load balancing

Details System and method for load balancing System and method for load balancing

2001-12-13

2010-06-15

Srivastava, Vivek (Department: 2445)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput

Computer network managing

Network resource allocating

C709S225000, C709S227000, C709S228000, C709S229000, C709S238000, C709S239000, C709S240000, C709S241000, C709S242000, C718S105000

Reexamination Certificate

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07739384

ABSTRACT:
The present invention is a method and system of load balancing in a group of one or more servers connected to one or more subnetworks. Two or more independent servers are bound into a group, with one of the servers elected to serve as a leader. The leader acts as a load balancer for the group while the remaining servers act as slaves. This functionality eliminates the need for one or more dedicated load balancing devices and lowers the hardware requirements necessary for performing such load balancing.

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