ROUTING OF COMMUNICATIONS TO ONE OR MORE PROCESSORS PERFORMING ONE OR MORE SERVICES ACCORDING TO A LOAD BALANCING FUNCTION

摘要

Systems and methods for routing communications to a platform service are provided. A message including payload data is received. The information in the payload data of the message is examined in order to determine the type of message. The message is then relayed to an appropriate platform service based on the type of message. Some embodiments assign numbers to the packets that make up the message.

主权项

1. A network appliance comprising:
a memory; a processor, wherein the processor executing instructions out of memory determines that the network appliance is designated as a primary load balancer; a first communication interface, wherein the first communication interface is dedicated to receiving communications from and transmitting communications to one or more other network appliances, the first communication interface receives configuration information, the configuration information received by the network appliance corresponds to a common configuration shared by the network appliance and the one or more other network appliances, and the first communication interface transmits status information to the one or more other network appliances and receives status information from the one or more other network appliances; a second communication interface; and a third communication interface, wherein a message is transmitted over the first communication indicating that a failure has been detected by the network appliance.