摘要 |
Embodiments include a method for distributing load among a plurality of interconnected computing devices, each computing device having a designated position in the or each dimension of an n-dimensional array of designated positions, the method comprising, individually, at one or more computing devices per designated position in a series of designated positions in one dimension of the n-dimensions, in which one dimension one direction is assigned as a load transfer direction, executing a process including: obtaining an indication of current capacity for additional load at the or each member of a group of one or more computing devices from among the plurality of computing devices; transferring load from the executing computing device to a member of the group at which it is indicated that there is capacity for additional load; wherein membership of the group is restricted to a computing device or computing devices to the load transfer direction side of the executing computing device in the one dimension. |