Performance test and analysis for an adaptive load balancing mechanism on distributed server cluster systems

Future Generation Computer Systems

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 237-247

  Choi, Eunmi ^a  

^a Handong University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Availability; Cluster computing; Load balancing; LVS (Linux Virtual Server); Performance counter; Scalability

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; INFORMATION SERVICES; INTERNET; ONLINE SYSTEMS; SERVERS;

CLUSTER COMPUTING; LINUX VIRTUAL SERVER (LVX); LOAD BALANCING; PERFORMANCE COUNTER;

WIDE AREA NETWORKS;

EID: 0742307229     PISSN: 0167739X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-739X(03)00138-9     Document Type: Article

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