System & method for load spreading

Abstract

Various method and apparatus are provided directed to load allocation. In one embodiment, a distributor distributes a load to one of a plurality of peer nodes, each peer node having associated thereto a corresponding scalar based on a load factor value, the scalar of the one peer node satisfying a load management condition. The corresponding scalar of the plurality of peer nodes may be tested in a sequentially order until the load management condition is satisfied by the scalar of the one peer nodes. Testing may include threshold testing and begin with the scalar of a last remote peer node to which a most recent prior load was distributed. When the load management condition is satisfied by a scalar, it is decremented based on the load factor value, which may approximate a first number divided by the number of peer nodes in the plurality.

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