System and method for efficient traffic shaping and quota enforcement in a cluster environment

An electronic computing device for processing network traffic, comprising:

• a processor;
• a memory coupled to the processor, the memory containing instructions, that when executed by the processor, perform the steps of:
• obtaining one or more identifying parameters for a network traffic flow comprising a plurality of network messages;
• creating a virtual queue identifier based on the one or more identifying parameters upon detecting a first instance of the one or more identifying parameters;
• establishing a virtual queue manager for a virtual queue associated with the virtual queue identifier on one gateway from the plurality of gateways;
• assigning a sequence number for each of the plurality of network messages;
• and
• transmitting the plurality of network messages in a temporal order based on the assigned sequence number.

A computer program product for processing network traffic in a gateway cluster on an electronic computing device, the electronic computing device comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a processor to cause the electronic computing device to:

• obtain one or more identifying parameters for a network traffic flow comprising a plurality of network messages;
• create a virtual queue identifier based on the one or more identifying parameters upon detecting a first instance of the one or more identifying parameters;
• establish a virtual queue manager for a virtual queue associated with the virtual queue identifier on one gateway from the plurality of gateways;
• assign a sequence number for each of the plurality of network messages;
• and
• transmit the plurality of network messages in a temporal order based on the assigned sequence number.