Patent ID: 11909816
Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 8:
9. The method of claim 1, wherein the ranking further comprises ranking the respective second network addresses associated with the respective available candidate nodes of the group of available candidate nodes based on the respective bandwidths associated with the respective available candidate nodes, whether a safe failover is to be applied in connection with processing the client request, respective loads associated with the respective available candidate nodes, or respective speeds associated with respective interfaces associated with the respective second network addresses, in accordance with the defined service performance criterion; and wherein the method further comprises:
based on the ranking, determining, by the system, a ranked order of the respective second network addresses associated with the respective available candidate nodes of the group of available candidate nodes, wherein one or more of the respective second network addresses is selectable to process the client request based on the ranked order of the respective second network addresses.