Abstract
Current solutions for balancing load among Internet servers are based on the use of network address translation (NAT) and virtual Internet protocol (IP) addresses. In this work, we describe the design and implementation of an intelligent load-management prototype that is not based on the traditional approaches mentioned above, but can be efficiently built into existing high-end switch offerings from Lucent Technologies, such as the Cajun™ P550™ Gigabit Routing Switch. The key features of this prototype are (1) IP packets are not modified in any way — only Ethernet addresses are manipulated; (2) each machine that is a member of a server farm uses a shared IP address, in addition to unique IP addresses; and (3) a sophisticated tunable algorithm is used to select a server for the next incoming request.
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