Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Load balancing for network server
- Patent Title (中): 网络服务器负载均衡
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Application No.: US13609232Application Date: 2012-09-10
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Publication No.: US08688832B2Publication Date: 2014-04-01
- Inventor: David B. Rhoades , Tomasz F. Wilk
- Applicant: David B. Rhoades , Tomasz F. Wilk
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: CRGO Law
- Agent Steven M. Greenberg, Esq.
- Main IPC: G06F15/173
- IPC: G06F15/173

Abstract:
Embodiments of the invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to load balancing for servers having multiple blades and provide a novel and non-obvious method, system and computer program product for load balancing at the blade level for servers having multiple blades. In one embodiment of the present invention, a blade server for performing load balancing may comprise a plurality of blades, each blade coupled with a plurality of outgoing ports. The blade server may further include a blade management module configured for monitoring throughput performance of the server and the plurality of blades, wherein each blade is coupled with a plurality of outgoing ports, instructing a blade to switch from a first outgoing port to a second outgoing port when throughput performance decreases and instructing the blade to switch from the second outgoing port back to the first outgoing port when throughput performance increases.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130007269A1 LOAD BALANCING FOR NETWORK SERVER Public/Granted day:2013-01-03
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