Systems and methods for server management

A method for establishing redundancy amongst a plurality of servers in a network, comprising:

• installing a copy of a database on each of the plurality of servers;
• configuring each of the plurality of servers to access a look-up table upon receiving a query;
• and
• processing the query as directed by the look-up table, wherein if a first server from the plurality of servers fails to process the query within a predetermined time period, a second server from the plurality of servers will attempt to process the query as directed by the look-up table.

A method of processing a query comprising:

• receiving the query at each of a plurality of servers in a network;
• identifying a server from the plurality of servers to have primary responsibility for processing the query as determined by a look-up table accessible by each of the plurality of servers;
• processing the query at the server from the plurality of servers identified by the look-up table as having primary responsibility for processing the query;
• and
• monitoring the processing of the query by the server determined by the look-up table as having primary responsibility for processing the query.

A method for rebalancing server load amongst a plurality of servers comprising:

• determining an overall query response rate for a network;
• comparing the overall query response rate for the network to a target overall query response rate for the network;
• determining a query response rate for each server in the network;
• comparing the query response rate for each server in the plurality of servers on the network;
• and
• transferring primary responsibility for processing a data segment from a server in the network having a query response rate in excess of an accepted norm to a server in the network having a response rate less than the accepted norm.