WO2002043343A3 - Cluster-based web server - Google Patents

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WO2002043343A3
WO2002043343A3 PCT/US2001/049863 US0149863W WO0243343A3 WO 2002043343 A3 WO2002043343 A3 WO 2002043343A3 US 0149863 W US0149863 W US 0149863W WO 0243343 A3 WO0243343 A3 WO 0243343A3
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Steve Goddard
Byravamurthy Ramamurthy
Xuehong Gan
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Univ Nebraska
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Abstract

A system and method for implementing a scalable, application-space, highly-available server cluster. The system demonstrates high performance and fault tolerance using application-space software and commercial-off-the-shelf hardware and operating systems. The system includes an application-space dispatch server that performs various switching methods, including L4/2 switching or L4/3 switching. The system also includes state reconstruction software and token-based protocol software. The protocol software supports self-configuring, detecting and adapting to the addition or removal of network servers. The system offers a flexible and cost-effective alternative to kernel-space or hardware-based clustered web servers with performance comparable to kernel-space implementations.
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EP01992280A EP1360812A2 (en) 2000-11-03 2001-10-29 Cluster-based web server
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ANONYMOUS: "Zwenku main page", INTERNET PUBLICATION, 1 March 2000 (2000-03-01), XP002207281, Retrieved from the Internet <URL:http://web.archive.org/web/20000301061714/http://www.zweknu.org/> [retrieved on 20020724] *
SCHROEDER T ET AL: "Scalable Web server clustering technologies", IEEE NETWORK, MAY-JUNE 2000, IEEE, USA, vol. 14, no. 3, pages 38 - 45, XP002207282, ISSN: 0890-8044 *
TREVOR SCHOEDER, STEVE GOODARD: "The SASHA Cluster-based Web Server", INTERNET PUBLICATION, 23 November 1999 (1999-11-23), XP002207279, Retrieved from the Internet <URL:http://h00e0293cd3be.ne.client2.attbi.com/OLD/tech/src/lsmac2/paper/paper.html> [retrieved on 20020622] *
TREVOR SCHROEDER, STEVE GODDARD: "The SASHA Cluster-Based Web Server", INTERNET PUBLICATION, 16 August 2000 (2000-08-16), XP002207280, Retrieved from the Internet <URL:http://web.archive.org/web/20000816174149/www.zweknu.org/src/lsmac2/paper/paper.html> [retrieved on 20020724] *

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