Aggregation of network resources providing offloaded connections between applications over a network

A method of aggregating connection capacity of a plurality of network resources of a computer system, each of the plurality of resources comprising a bypass protocol stack operable to provide a maximum number of offloaded connections over a network to one or more applications running the computer system, each of the one or more applications uniquely associated with a first port number, the computer system identified on the network by a public IP address, said method comprising:

• identifying each of the plurality of network resources with a unique private host number;
• creating a socket for each of the one or more applications, said creating comprising;
• associating a first endpoint tuple with each socket, the endpoint tuple comprising the public IP address identifying the system and the first port number associated with the application for which each socket is created;
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• translating the first endpoint tuple to a set of bypass endpoint tuples, each of the set comprising a different one of the private IP addresses;
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• establishing an offloaded connection to one of the applications through a selected one of the plurality of network resources, the offloaded connection defined by a transport address comprising the one of the set of bypass endpoint tuples translated from the first endpoint tuple associated with the socket created for the application that comprises the private IP address assigned to the selected one of the network resources.

A method of aggregating connection capacity of a plurality of network resources of a computer system, each of the plurality of resources operable to provide a maximum number of offloaded connections over a network to one or more applications running the system, the system further comprising an O/S protocol stack operable to provide conventional connections over the network to the one or more applications, each of the one or more applications uniquely associated with a first port number, the computer system identified on the network by a public IP address, said method comprising:

• identifying each of the plurality of network resources with a unique private host number;
• creating a socket for each of the applications, said creating comprising:
• associating a first endpoint tuple with each socket, the endpoint tuple comprising the public IP address identifying the system and the first port number associated with the application for which each socket is created;
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• translating the first endpoint tuple to a set of bypass endpoint tuples, each of the set comprising a different one of the private IP addresses and a second port number mapped from the first port number associated with the application;
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• establishing an offloaded connection to one of the applications through a selected one of the plurality of network resources, the offloaded connection defined by a transport address comprising the one of the set of bypass endpoint tuples translated from the first endpoint tuple associated with the socket created for the application that comprises the private IP address assigned to the selected one of the network resources.

A computer system having an aggregated plurality of network resources, the network resources comprising a bypass protocol stack operable to provide offloaded connections over a network to instances of one or more applications running on the system, each of the one or more applications uniquely associated with a first port number and the system being identified on the network by a public IP address, said computer system comprising:

• means for assigning private IP addresses to uniquely identify each of the plurality of network resources;
• means for creating a socket for each one of the plurality of applications, said means for creating comprising:
• means for associating the socket with a first endpoint tuple comprising one of the public IP address and the first port number associated with the application;
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• means for translating the first endpoint tuple for each socket to a set of bypass endpoint tuples, each of the set of bypass endpoint tuples comprising a different one of the assigned private IP addresses;
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• means for associating the socket with the set of translated bypass tuples;
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• means for maintaining the sets of bypass tuples for the created sockets as an address translation map.

A computer system having an aggregation of network resources, each of the plurality of resources comprising a bypass protocol stack operable to provide a maximum number of offloaded connections over a network to one or more applications running the computer system, each of the one or more applications uniquely associated with a first port number, the computer system identified on the network by a public IP address, said computer system comprising:

• means for identifying each of the plurality of network resources with a unique private host number;
• means for creating a socket for each of the one or more applications, said creating comprising;
• means for associating a first endpoint tuple with each socket, the endpoint tuple comprising the public IP address identifying the system and the first port number associated with the application for which each socket is created;
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• means for translating the first endpoint tuple to a set of bypass endpoint tuples, each of the set comprising a different one of the private IP addresses;
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• means for establishing an offloaded connection to one of the applications through a selected one of the plurality of network resources, the offloaded connection defined by a destination transport address comprising the one of the set of bypass endpoint tuples translated from the first endpoint tuple associated with the socket created for the application that comprises the private IP address assigned to the selected one of the network resources.

A computer system of aggregating connection capacity of a plurality of network resources of a computer system, each of the plurality of resources operable to provide a maximum number of offloaded connections over a network to one or more applications running the system, the system further comprising an O/S protocol stack operable to provide conventional connections over the network to the one or more applications, each of the one or more applications uniquely associated with a first port number, the computer system identified on the network by a public IP address, said computer system comprising:

• means for identifying each of the plurality of network resources with a unique private host number;
• means for creating a socket for each of the applications, said creating comprising:
• means for associating a first endpoint tuple with each socket, the endpoint tuple comprising the public IP address identifying the system and the first port number associated with the application for which each socket is created;
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• means for translating the first endpoint tuple to a set of bypass endpoint tuples, each of the set comprising a different one of the private IP addresses and a second port number mapped from the first port number associated with the application;
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• means for establishing an offloaded connection to one of the applications through a selected one of the plurality of network resources, the offloaded connection defined by a destination transport address comprising the one of the set of bypass endpoint tuples translated from the first endpoint tuple associated with the socket created for the application that comprises the private IP address assigned to the selected one of the network resources.

A computer system having an aggregation of a plurality of network resources, each of the plurality of resources operable to provide offloaded connections to one or more applications available on the computer system over a network, each of the one or more applications associated with a well-known port number, the computer system addressable on the network by a public IP address, said computer system comprising:

• a library in communication with the one or more applications through an application program interface (API), the library for intercepting API requests to establish a socket for the applications, the library associating a first endpoint tuple with the socket comprising the public IP address and the unique first port number associated with each of the applications, the library also for associating a set of bypass tuples with the socket, the set of bypass tuples being translated from the first endpoint tuple, each of the set comprising a private IP address uniquely identifying a different one of the plurality of network resources;
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• an address translator service provider (ATSP) in communication with the library, the ATSP for maintaining an address translation map between the first endpoint tuples and the bypass endpoint tuples for each of the sockets created for the one or more applications, the ATSP in communication with the network for receiving a connect query for establishing an offloaded connection to one of the applications, the connect query specifying the first endpoint tuple associated with the socket created for the application, the ATSP providing in response to the connect query at least one of the set of bypass endpoint tuples from the address translation map to be used as a destination transport address to define the offloaded connection.