摘要 |
<p>The present invention is a system and method for providing server selection for mirrored sites. In a preferred embodiment, a user requests an address via a local name service, and the local name service requests the address from a server, examples of which include an authoritative name server, and a Optimizer Name Server (ONS). If the ONS has already calculated a best route which applies to this user, and a predetermined time applying to the best route has not yet expired, then the ONS replies to the user with the best route server. If, however, the best route has not been determined or the predetermined time for the best route has expired, then the ONS replies to the user via a selection scheme, such as a round robin scheme, and also initiates a best route determination to determine which is the best route for this user. <IMAGE></p> |