Client-server transaction data processing system with optimum selection of last agent

摘要

A first server computing apparatus receives a reply from a second server apparatus, the reply includes an indication of the total amount of time that the second apparatus has taken to generate the reply. The first apparatus determines the total amount of time that has elapsed between the sending of the reply and the receipt of the reply. The first apparatus also determines the total amount of transit time for the request to travel from the first apparatus to the second apparatus and the reply to travel from the second apparatus to the first apparatus. The first apparatus selects one of a plurality of apparatuses as a last agent for use in a last agent optimization operation during completion of the distributed transaction based on the determinations.