Title :
Evaluation of request distribution schemes for Web-server clusters
Author :
Bhinder, Ramandeep ; Maheswaran, Muthucumaru ; Diamond, Jeff
Author_Institution :
TRLabs, Winnipeg, Man., Canada
Abstract :
This paper uses throughput, hit ratios, and load balance as metrics to compare major request distribution schemes in a Web server cluster We examine content-aware as well as content-blind schemes in this study.
Keywords :
Internet; Web sites; content management; file servers; resource allocation; Web-server clusters; content-aware schemes; content-blind schemes; hit ratios; load balance; request distribution schemes; throughput; Bandwidth; Clustering algorithms; Costs; Focusing; Measurement; Round robin; Switches; Throughput; Uniform resource locators; Web server;
Conference_Titel :
Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2004. Canadian Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8253-6
DOI :
10.1109/CCECE.2004.1349717
