System And Method For Managing Connections Between A Client And A Server

摘要

An adapter card for managing connections between clients and a network server off-loads the connection management burden from the server. The adapter card includes a memory with an embedded proxy application and a communication protocol stack, a processing unit for executing the application code, a network controller for interfacing with an internetwork, and a bus protocol bridge for interfacing with the internal bus of the network server. The proxy application receives client requests on behalf of the server over relatively slow and unreliable network connections, and submits the requests to the server over fast, reliable bus connections.

主权项

1. An origin server comprising:
a memory device for storing a server application; a processing unit for running said server application; data storage for a resource to be provided to clients on an internetwork by said server application; a bus for operatively coupling said processing unit and said memory device; at least one bus expansion connector coupled to said bus, said bus expansion connector for operatively coupling an expansion device to said bus; and a reverse proxy connection manager configured to be coupled with said bus via said bus expansion connector, said reverse proxy connection manager including a network adapter for connecting to said internetwork, a memory device storing a reverse proxy application, and a processing unit for running said reverse proxy application.