Scalable Content-aware Request Distribution in Cluster-based Network Servers

2000 USENIX Annual Technical Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages

  Aron, Mohit ^a   Sanders, Darren ^a   Druschel, Peter ^a   Zwaenepoel, Willy ^a  

^a Rice University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SCALABILITY;

CLUSTER-BASED NETWORK SERVERS; CONTENT-AWARE; CONTENT-AWARE REQUEST DISTRIBUTION; CONTENT-BASED; POINT OF CONTACT; SCALABLE ARCHITECTURES; TCP CONNECTIONS; WEB SERVER CLUSTER;

NETWORK ARCHITECTURE;

EID: 85084163131     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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