System and method for server selection for mirrored sites

A system for computer server selection in a computer network including a plurality of servers, the system comprising:

• means for determining whether a best route has been determined;
• means for determining if a predetermined time has expired after the best route has been determined;
• means for selecting one of the plurality of servers as a best route server if the best route has been determined and the predetermined time has not expired;
• and
• means for selecting one of the plurality of servers as a selection scheme server if the best route has not been determined or if the predetermined time has expired, the selection of the selection scheme server being determined via a selection scheme, wherein the selection scheme does not include determining the best route.

A system for computer server selection in a computer network, the system comprising:

• a plurality of servers;
• and
• an authoritative name server coupled to the plurality of servers, wherein the authoritative name server determines whether a best route has been determined, and selects one of the plurality of servers as a best route server if the best route has been determined and if a predetermined time has expired after the best route has been determined;
• or selects one of the plurality of servers as a selection scheme server, if the best route has not been determined or if the predetermined time has expired, wherein the selection scheme does not include determining the best route.

A computer program product for computer server selection in a computer network including a plurality of servers, comprising:

• computer code determining whether a best route has been determined;
• computer code determining if a predetermined time has expired after the best route has been determined;
• and either:
• computer code selecting one of the plurality of servers as a best route server if the best route has been determined and the predetermined time has not expired;
• computer code selecting one of the plurality of servers as a selection scheme server if the best route has not been determined or if the predetermined time has expired, the selection of the selection scheme server being determined via a selection scheme, wherein the selection scheme does not include determining the best route;
• and
• a computer readable medium that stores the computer codes.

A method comprising the steps of:

• receiving a request of service for one of a plurality of servers any which of one can process the request;
• determining if a best route to a best server among the plurality of servers has previously been defined;
• and either:
• determining if the best route is valid by determining if a predetermined time period has lapsed since the best server was defined;
• and
• routing the request to the best server if the best rout is valid;
• or
• selecting one of the plurality of servers to process the request using a selection scheme if either the best server has not been previously defined or if the predetermined time period has lapsed, the selection scheme not using a best route determining scheme in selecting the selected server.