Abstract
Service replication on the server cluster is becoming increasingly important and widespread as the explosive growth of the Web is straining the architecture of many Internet sites. Layer-7 routing (also known as content-aware routing), routing packets based on requested content, has been recognized as a powerful approach to distribute workload among these server farms. However, managing a server cluster with the layer-7 routing mechanism faces numerous challenges. This paper presents a management system that can support a configurable and high-performance layer-7 routing system. In the proposed system, we devise a data structure termed URL table to hold content-related information for making content-aware routing decisions. We also propose a novel idea termed "URL Formalization" that provides an efficient solution to speedup the content-aware request routing. The proposed mechanisms are integrated into a management system, which provides a specification interface and enforcement mechanisms so that the system policy can be specified and enforced.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages | 605-618 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Publication status | Published - 2002 |
| Event | 2002 IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium - Florence, Italy Duration: 2002 Apr 15 → 2002 Apr 19 |
Other
| Other | 2002 IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium |
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| Country/Territory | Italy |
| City | Florence |
| Period | 02-04-15 → 02-04-19 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Hardware and Architecture
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering