METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LOAD BALANCING AN AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM

摘要

A method and system (108) are directed towards balancing loads on an authentication system. The system employs a first authentication server (402) that is server (402). When the master authentication server (402) determines that a load on it has reached a pre−determined value, a dat store (408) associated with the master authentication (402) is partitioned between authentication servers (402) that assume a master authentication server role for its partition of the data store (408). In one embodiment, each new master authentication server (402, 404) is further enabled to partition its respective partition of the data store (408), if their respective loads reach the predetermined value.