Routing network traffic

摘要

A traffic manager (121-124) for, and a method of, routing network traffic to a plurality of server computers (131-138). The traffic manager includes a network interface (204) and a processor (201). The processor is configured to receive network traffic comprising a request (701, 702) from a client computer (102-105) via the network interface. The processor is configured to then identify, based on attributes of the request, a server computer that is responsible for servicing the request (a responsible server). The processor is configured to then route the request to the responsible server using the network interface.

主权项

1. A plurality of traffic managers for routing network traffic to a plurality of server computers, wherein each traffic manager in the plurality of traffic managers includes a network interface, and a processor configured to:
receive network traffic comprising a request from a client computer via said network interface; identify, based on attributes of said request, a responsible server computer that is responsible for servicing said request, wherein said identifying is performed by each traffic manager independently of other traffic managers in the plurality of traffic managers, and route said request to said responsible server using said network interface, wherein said routing is performed by each traffic manager independently of other traffic managers in the plurality of traffic managers.