Creating and removing application server partitions in a server cluster based on client request contexts

A signal-bearing medium encoded with instructions, wherein the instructions when executed comprise:

• determining an application server partition based on a request context associated with a request from a client;
• determining whether the application server partition exists;
• if the application server partition exists, sending the request to the application server partition;
• if the application server partition does not exist, determining whether the request context is valid based on a validation rule;
• if the request context is valid, creating the application server partition in a server cluster based on a creation rule and sending the request to the application server partition;
• and
• periodically comparing a remove rule to a condition of the application server partition.

A method for configuring a computer, comprising:

• configuring the computer to determine an application server partition based on a request context associated with a request from a client;
• configuring the computer to determine whether the application server partition exists;
• configuring the computer to send the request to the application server partition if the application server partition exists;
• configuring the computer to determine whether the request context is valid based on a validation rule if the application server partition does not exist;
• and
• configuring the computer to create the application server partition in a server cluster based on a creation rule and send the request to the application server partition if the request context is valid.