METHOD FOR OPERATING AN INTEGRATED POINT OF PRESENCE SERVER NETWORK

摘要

A method for operating a network point of presence servers sharing a hostname includes receiving a request from a user for a web page at a first web address, the web address including hostname, determining the traffic load of a plurality of customer web servers (390) each of the customer web servers storing the web page, determining a customer web server from the plurality of customer web servers that is appropriate for the request (440), the customer web server having a traffic load lower than the loads of remaining customer web servers from the plurality of customer web servers, determining an IP address of the customer web server (450), directing the request from the user to the customer web server, thereafter receiving a request from the user for static content on the web page at a second web address, the second web address including a hostname, determining the service metrics of point of presence servers in the network of point of presence.