Method and system for dispatching client sessions within a cluster of servers connected to the World Wide Web

摘要

A method and system for preserving load balancing of the client transactions, for the whole duration of the client sessions, in a Web site implemented in the form of a cluster of servers is described. The invention manages to send only the initial request of each client session to the site load balancer thus, greatly enhancing the capability of the site to accept new session requests. All subsequent requests from a client are forwarded directly to the server first selected so that the sessions cannot be later broken by the load balancer. The scheme works regardless of the fact that the client is beyond a proxy or a firewall and greatly contributes to the performance of the Web site.