ShockAbsorber: a TCP connection router Export

@inproceedings{citeulike:3842834, abstract = {ShockAbsorber is a software router of TCP connections that supports load sharing across multiple TCP servers that share a set of virtual IP addresses. It consists of the executor, an O/S kernel extension that supports fast IP packet forwarding, and a user level manager process that controls it. The manager implements a novel dynamic load-sharing algorithm for allocation of TCP connections among servers according to their real-time load and responsiveness. This algorithm produces weights that are used by the executor to quickly select a server for each new connection request. The executor forwards client TCP packets to the servers without performing any TCP/IP header translations. Outgoing server-to-client packets are not handled by ShockAbsorber and can follow a separate network route to the clients. Depending on the workload traffic, the performance benefit of this half-connection method can be significant. Prototypes of ShockAbsorber were used to scale up several large and high-load Internet sites serving millions of TCP connections per hour}, author = {Goldszmidt, G. and Hunt, G.}, booktitle = {Global Telecommunications Conference, 1997. GLOBECOM '97., IEEE}, citeulike-article-id = {3842834}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/GLOCOM.1997.644608}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=644608}, doi = {10.1109/GLOCOM.1997.644608}, journal = {Global Telecommunications Conference, 1997. GLOBECOM '97., IEEE}, keywords = {load-balancing, server, web}, pages = {1919--1923 vol.3}, posted-at = {2009-01-02 14:46:20}, priority = {2}, title = {ShockAbsorber: a TCP connection router}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/GLOCOM.1997.644608}, volume = {3}, year = {1997} }

TY - CONF ID - citeulike:3842834 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3842834 N2 - ShockAbsorber is a software router of TCP connections that supports load sharing across multiple TCP servers that share a set of virtual IP addresses. It consists of the executor, an O/S kernel extension that supports fast IP packet forwarding, and a user level manager process that controls it. The manager implements a novel dynamic load-sharing algorithm for allocation of TCP connections among servers according to their real-time load and responsiveness. This algorithm produces weights that are used by the executor to quickly select a server for each new connection request. The executor forwards client TCP packets to the servers without performing any TCP/IP header translations. Outgoing server-to-client packets are not handled by ShockAbsorber and can follow a separate network route to the clients. Depending on the workload traffic, the performance benefit of this half-connection method can be significant. Prototypes of ShockAbsorber were used to scale up several large and high-load Internet sites serving millions of TCP connections per hour JF - Global Telecommunications Conference, 1997. GLOBECOM '97., IEEE EP - 1923 vol.3 TI - ShockAbsorber: a TCP connection router VL - 3 T2 - Global Telecommunications Conference, 1997. GLOBECOM '97., IEEE SP - 1919 KW - load-balancing KW - server KW - web AU - Goldszmidt, G AU - Hunt, G PY - 1997/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/GLOCOM.1997.644608 ER -