Title :
Performance improvement of cluster system by server status information
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Internet Software, Honam Univ., Gwangju, South Korea
Abstract :
There is a physical and logical method for performance improvement of cluster systems. Efficient load balancing of cluster systems is the best logical method. Recently, the WLC (Weighted Least Connection) algorithm was used for load balancing of cluster systems. But, the algorithm also has load imbalance between servers because it uses an inaccurate load status of servers. In this paper, the author suggested a more efficient load balancing algorithm based on various load states of servers in real time. The author implemented a prototype and tested its performance. The test result shows that the load imbalance phenomenon is improved greatly and response time is also improved compared with the WLC algorithm.
Keywords :
network servers; performance evaluation; resource allocation; workstation clusters; cluster system; load balancing; performance improvement; server status information; weighted least connection algorithm; Availability; Clustering algorithms; Delay; IP networks; Load management; Network servers; Prototypes; Scheduling algorithm; Testing; Web server;
Conference_Titel :
Computer and Information Science, 2005. Fourth Annual ACIS International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2296-3
DOI :
10.1109/ICIS.2005.102