The Technical Challenge

• Get the “nearest” server:

  • Based on network topology.

• From the nearest to the best:

  • Server availability
  • Server load

• Do it automatically and seamlessly:

  • HTTP redirect method - Application layer.
  • DNS round trip method - Session layer.
  • Shared IP address method - Network layer.

Making wide-area cluster replication work in a

Web environment.

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