APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR LOAD BALANCING IN SYSTEMS HAVING REDUNDANCY

A system and method for load balancing between redundant elements in a system is provided. By using redundant elements overall performance of the system is improved without losing the capability to recover or continue operation upon failure of an element within the system. The solution is of particu...

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Main Authors ROBERT HOFNER, AMNON, A. STRASSER
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 10.06.2003
Edition7
Subjects
ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
ELECTRICITY
SELECTING
TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION
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Summary:A system and method for load balancing between redundant elements in a system is provided. By using redundant elements overall performance of the system is improved without losing the capability to recover or continue operation upon failure of an element within the system. The solution is of particular use in network systems, networked storage systems as well as location independent file systems.
Bibliography:Application Number: AU20020343558