Dynamically updating session state affinity

摘要

Session state affinity is maintained in a workload balancing system that includes a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) routing server and a plurality of application servers. The application servers maintain backup session state information for a first session to a first server of the plurality of application servers at fewer than all of the plurality of application servers, detect the unavailability of the first application server at an application server of the plurality of application servers other than the first application and determine a second server that continues the first session. An identification of the second server and the first session is sent from an application server of the plurality of application servers to a HTTP routing server responsive to detecting the unavailability of the first server. The identification of the second server and the first session is received at the HTTP routing server and communications associated with the first session are routed from the HTTP routing server to the second server responsive to receiving the identification of the second server so that backup session state information maintained at the second server is used to continue the first session from the first server at the second server.