Patent ID: 8312120
Filing Date: 2012-11-13
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: (a) establishing, via an appliance, a bandwidth threshold for a first virtual server executing on the appliance for directing connection requests from a plurality of clients to a first plurality of services; (b) monitoring, by the appliance, a number of bytes transferred via the first virtual server; (c) determining, by the appliance, a status of a service of the first plurality of services indicates the service is not available; (d) adjusting, by the appliance, the bandwidth threshold to account for the status of the service; (e) determining, by the appliance, the monitored number of bytes transferred via the first virtual server exceeds the bandwidth threshold; and (f) directing, by the appliance in response to the determination, a connection request of a client to a second virtual server executing on the appliance.