RESOURCE AFFINITY IN A DYNAMIC RESOURCE POOL

摘要

Techniques disclosed herein describe methods for achieving resource affinity and scalability in dynamic environments by calculating the modulus of a numeric request identifier against a fixed selection of numbers. Using the proposed techniques yields a numeric request identifier and resource identifier combination that ensures a given resource possesses the unique state applicable to that user's request. Using a fixed selection of numbers thus maintains resource affinity while achieving scalability as resources are added to or subtracted from a pool of resources.

主权项

1. A method of facilitating resource affinity in a dynamic resource pool, the method comprising:
mapping a request to an associated resource of a dynamic number of resources by calculating a modulus on a request identifier with at least a first number in a predefined list of numbers to generate a resource identifier identifying the associated resource.