Load balancing utilizing adaptive thresholding

A system for load balancing comprising:

• a first server operable to receive and process data requests from client computers, wherein the first server includes a first data store coupled with the first server for storing information associated with a data request and a first request queue including a first queue threshold, the first request queue operable to store a first number of data requests, the first number of data requests being less than the first queue threshold;
• and
• a second server, coupled with a network, operable to receive and process data requests from client computers, wherein the second server includes a second data store coupled with the second server for storing information associated with a data request and a second request queue including a second queue threshold, the second request queue operable to store a second number of data requests, the second number of data requests being less than the second queue threshold;
• wherein the second queue threshold is indicative of a number of data requests that can be placed in the second request queue for processing by the second server before the second server rejects the data request;
• and
• wherein the first server receives a first data request including the second queue threshold from a client computer and manages the processing of the data request based on a comparison of the first and second queue thresholds.

A system for managing requests comprising:

• a data store;
• and
• a first server, coupled with the data store and a network, operable to obtain and process a data request from a client computer, the first server including:
• a first request queue having a first queue threshold;
• and
• a queue processing application operable to:
• receive a first data request including a second queue threshold from the client computer, wherein the second queue threshold corresponds to a second server, and wherein the second queue threshold is indicative of a number of data requests that can be placed in a second request queue for processing by the second server before the second server rejects a data request;
• process the second queue threshold to compare the first queue threshold and the second queue threshold;
• and
• provide a rejection message including the first queue threshold based on the comparison of the first queue threshold and the second queue threshold.