Patent ID: 6298451
Filing Date: 2001-10-02
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
In a server system having a client computer, and a plurality of servers, at least one of the servers within said plurality being configured to operate a directory service, and at least one of the servers within said plurality being configured to operate a resource management service, each of said servers within said plurality configured to perform overlapping subsets of tasks chosen from a master group of tasks, a method for performing the assignment of tasks comprising:determining that the client computer requires that a first task be performed by a server computer configured to handle that task;causing the client computer to query the directory server to determine which of a set of servers within said plurality of servers is configured to handle said first task;causing the directory server to determine at least one server of the set of servers which is configured to handle said task, and to transmit specific information about said at least one server to said set of client computer; andcausing said client computer to transmit a task request to a preferred one of the servers chosen from said set of at least one server.