US 2013/0097680 A1 · HIGH-DENSITY MULTI-TENANT DISTRIBUTED CACHE AS A SERVICE

Abstract

A multi-tenant, elastically scalable cache as a service is disclosed. Embodiments of the cache service eliminate the need for applications to manage their own cache tier. The multi-tenant cache service is implemented by maintaining/creating multiple named caches in a cache cluster and mapping each tenant's cache to a named cache in the cluster. Strict quotas are enforced on cache sizes This allows caches with different replication attributes to co-exist on the same cache server, allows migration of a cache from one cluster to another for load balancing purposes, and allows a cache to inflate/deflate to meet business needs. A network load balancer is used to route cache items to servers.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A system for providing a cache service, comprising:

a network load balancer providing an interface to client applications;
a plurality of cache clusters coupled to the network load balancer, the cache clusters comprising:
a plurality of gateway nodes;
and
a plurality of cache servers coupled to the gateway nodes.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

13/274,355Filed 17 Oct 2011

Published

18 Apr 2013

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Classification9 codes

H04L 67/568
Provisioning of proxy services: storing data temporarily at an intermediate stage, e.g. caching
G06F 21/335
Using certificates: for accessing specific resources, e.g. using Kerberos tickets
H04L 63/0807
For authentication of entities: using tickets, e.g. Kerberos
H04L 67/1001
In which an application is distributed across nodes in the network: for accessing one among a plurality of replicated servers

High-density multi-tenant distributed cache as a service

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High-density multi-tenant distributed cache as a service

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Abstract

Claims20