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AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorJames J. Wolff
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Methods for load rebalancing by clients in a network are disclosed. Client load rebalancing allows the clients to optimize throughput between themselves and the resources accessed by the nodes. A network which implements this embodiment of the invention can dynamically rebalance itself to optimize throughput by migrating client I/O requests from overutilized pathways to underutilized pathways. Client load rebalancing refers to the ability of a client enabled with processes in accordance with the current invention to remap a path through a plurality of nodes to a resource. The remapping may take place in response to a redirection command emanating from an overloaded node, e.g. server. These embodiments disclosed allow more efficient, robust communication between a plurality of clients and a plurality of resources via a plurality of nodes. In an embodiment of the invention a method for load balancing on a network is disclosed. The network includes at least one client node coupled to a plurality of server nodes, and at least one resource coupled to at least a first and a second server node of the plurality of server nodes. The method comprises the acts of: receiving at a first server node among the plurality of server nodes a request for the at least one resource; determining a utilization condition of the first server node; and re-directing subsequent requests for the at least one resource to a second server node among the plurality of server nodes in response to the determining act. In another embodiment of the invention the method comprises the acts of: sending an I/O request from the at least one client to the first server node for the at least one resource; determining an I/O failure of the first server node; and re-directing subsequent requests from the at least one client for the at least one resource to an other among the plurality of server nodes in response to the determining act.
A method for load balancing on a network, the network including at least one client node coupled to a plurality of server nodes, and at least one resource coupled to at least a first and a second server node of the plurality of server nodes, and the method comprising the acts of:
A method for load balancing on a network, the network including at least one client node coupled to a plurality of server nodes, and at least one resource coupled to at least a first and a second server node of the plurality of server nodes, and the method comprising the acts of:
The method of 21 further comprising the act of:
A method for load balancing on a network, the network including, at least one client node coupled to a plurality of server nodes and at least a first and a second resource coupled to respectively a first and a second server node among the plurality of server nodes;
A computer usable medium having computer readable program code means embodied therein for load balancing on a network, the network including, at least one client node coupled to a plurality of server nodes and at least one resource coupled to at least a first and a second server node of the plurality of server nodes, and the computer readable program code means in said article of manufacture comprising:
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