System and method for distributing data requests from Internet users to multiple servers

摘要

According to the present invention, a method and system provides the ability to assign requests for data objects made by clients among multiple network servers. The invention provides a distributed computing system and methods to assign user requests to replicated servers contained by the distributed computing system in a manner that attempts to meet the goals of a particular routing policy. Policies may include minimizing the amount of time for the request to be completed.