Method and system to select the highest speed server among web servers
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Jan 31, 2002
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Sep 25, 2001
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May 2, 2000
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When a content request is issued by a client to a plurality of web servers, to which the client is connected via a network, each of the plurality of web servers having the same requested content, the web servers is selected that can provide the requested content for the client at the highest speed. To do this, one of the web servers performs the following steps: (1) a step of receiving the content request from the client; (2) a step of measuring the performance of a network information transfer for the client; (3) a step of requesting that the remaining web servers measure the performance of a network information transfer for the client; (4) a step of receiving from each of the remaining web servers the results obtained by measuring the performance of the network information transfer; and (5) a step of employing the results of the measurements of the performances of the network information transfer provided by all of the servers to select the web server that can provide the best transfer performance for the client.
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