Method and system for predictive load balancing

A computer program product, comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium having a computer-readable program code embodied therein for load balancing resource requests among a plurality of servers, which instructions, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to carry out the steps of:

• providing an enterprise content management (ECM) system coupled to a plurality of processing servers for managing a plurality of resources, wherein each of the plurality of resources is identified by a resource identifier, the enterprise content management system comprising a load manager component configured to receive a first plurality of resource requests and to assign each of the first plurality of resource requests to a processing server for processing, wherein each resource request includes a resource identifier and an action;
• recording performance statistics for each of the first plurality of resource requests when each request is processed by a processing server;
• identifying a plurality of request types based on the resource identifier and the action of each of the first plurality of requests, wherein each resource request is associated with a request type;
• generating, for each of the plurality of request types, a weighting factor based on the performance statistics recorded for each resource request of the request type;
• and
• assigning a second resource request of a second plurality of resource requests to a processing server based on the weighting factor for the request type with which the second resource request is associated.

A method for load balancing resource requests among a plurality of servers, the method comprising:

• providing, by a server, an enterprise content management (ECM) system coupled to a plurality of processing servers for managing a plurality of resources, wherein each of the plurality of resources is identified by a resource identifier, the enterprise content management system comprising a load manager component configured to receive a first plurality of resource requests and to assign each of the first plurality of requests to a processing server for processing, wherein each resource request includes a resource identifier and an action;
• recording, by the server, performance statistics for each of the first plurality of resource requests when each request is processed by a processing server;
• identifying, by the server, a plurality of request types based on the resource identifier and the action of each of the first plurality of requests, wherein each resource request is associated with a request type;
• generating, by the server, for each of the plurality of request types, a weighting factor based on the performance statistics recorded for each resource request of the request type;
• and
• assigning a second resource request of a second plurality of resource requests to a processing server based on the weighting factor for the request type with which the second resource request is associated.