Application peak load processing

A method comprising:

• executing at a local computer system a local instance of an application;
• receiving at the local computer system user requests for use of the application;
• processing with the local instance of the application a first portion of the received user requests;
• and
• sending to a remote computer system, operatively coupled to the local computer system by a network, a second portion of the received user requests.

A first computer system comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory storage device operatively coupled to the processor, the memory storage device storing instructions that are executed by the processor to receive from a second computer system coupled to the first computer system by a network, a request to replicate at the first computer system a first instance of an application executing on the second computer system;
• replicate on the first computer system the first instance of the application;
• and
• execute the first instance of the application on the first computer system, including processing user requests related to the application received from the second computer system.

A computer program product for sharing load on an application, the computer program product including a plurality of computer executable instructions stored on a computer readable medium, wherein the instructions are executed by a computer to:

• receive at a remote computer system a request from a local computer system, coupled to the remote computer system by a network, to replicate at the remote computer system a local instance of an application executing on the local computer system that is subject to user requests received at the local computer system;
• replicate on the remote computer system a remote instance of the application;
• and
• execute on the remote computer system the remote instance of the application, including processing with the remote instance of the application user requests received from the local computer system.