LOAD BALANCING APPARATUS AND LOAD BALANCING METHOD THEREOF

摘要

PURPOSE: A load balancing apparatus and a load balancing method thereof are provided to distribute a load balancing function to multiple components for preventing the load balancing apparatus from being overloaded. CONSTITUTION: A balancing unit (120) determines at least one server among multiple physical servers included in a server farm as a target server to provide a client a service. The balancing unit determines a forwarding path between the target server and the client and a forwarding rule in respect of the forwarding path. A network unit (110) is positioned on the forwarding path. The network unit comprises at least one or more switches. At least one or more switches forwards a data packet received from the client to the target server on reference to the forwarding rule.