28-03-2013 дата публикации
Номер: US20130080627A1
Described herein are systems and methods for use with a load balancer or traffic director, and administration thereof. In accordance with an embodiment the system comprises a traffic director having one or more traffic director instances, which is configured to receive and communicate requests, from clients, to origin servers having one or more pools of servers. A traffic monitor, at the traffic director, monitors traffic, including the number of connections, between the traffic director instances and one or more of the resource servers within the origin servers. The traffic director can set a traffic rate which controls the traffic, including the number of connections, to provide surge protection, or rate acceleration/deceleration. 1. A system for use in a computing environment which includes a traffic director component , comprising:a traffic director having one or more traffic director instances, which is configured to receive and communicate requests, from clients, to origin servers having one or more pools of servers;a traffic monitor, at the traffic director, which monitors traffic, including the number of connections, between the traffic director instances and one or more of the resource servers within the origin servers; andwherein the traffic director can set a traffic rate which controls the traffic, including the number of connections.2. The system of claim 1 , wherein information provided by the traffic monitor is used for surge protection claim 1 , including wherein claim 1 , if the traffic monitor determines that the traffic claim 1 , including the number of connections claim 1 , between the traffic director and a particular resource server exceeds a maximum amount allowed for that resource server claim 1 , then the traffic director will temporarily direct subsequent traffic and connections away from the particular resource server claim 1 , and to a connection queue.3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the traffic director optionally provides an ...
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