A system for dispensing postage to a plurality of remote devices over a network, the system comprising: a plurality of servers (20, 22, 24), each of the plurality of servers having a plurality of postal security devices for generating postage coupled thereto (40, 42, 44), each of the plurality of postal security devices being dedicated to a respective client, wherein at least one server of the plurality of servers does not have a postal security device for each client supported by the system, and further wherein each of the plurality of servers maintains a record of the postal security devices coupled to each of plurality of servers within the system; a load balancer coupled to each of the plurality of servers, the load balancer adapted to receive a request for postage from a client using one of the plurality of remote devices over the network and route the request to a first server of the plurality of servers based on a server selection criteria, the load balancer not having any knowledge of which server of the plurality of servers has a postage security device dedicated to the client making the request; and a communication path between each of the plurality of servers, wherein the first server is adapted to determine if it has a postal security device dedicated to the client making the request coupled thereto, and if the first server determines it has a postal security device dedicated to the client making the request coupled thereto, to process the request using the postal security device dedicated to the client making the request and to return a result to the load balancer for return to the one of the plurality of remote devices, and if the first server determines that it does not have a postal security device dedicated to the client making the request coupled thereto, to determine which of the plurality of servers does have a postal security device dedicated to the client making the request coupled thereto, and to send the request for postage to a second server that does have a postal security device dedicated to the client making the request coupled thereto for processing of the request, the second server adapted to process the request using the postal security device dedicated to the client making the request and return a result to the first server, the first server further adapted to return the received result to the load balancer for return to the one of the plurality of remote devices. a plurality of servers (20, 22, 24), each of the plurality of servers having a plurality of postal security devices for generating postage coupled thereto (40, 42, 44), each of the plurality of postal security devices being dedicated to a respective client, wherein at least one server of the plurality of servers does not have a postal security device for each client supported by the system, and further wherein each of the plurality of servers maintains a record of the postal security devices coupled to each of plurality of servers within the system; a load balancer coupled to each of the plurality of servers, the load balancer adapted to receive a request for postage from a client using one of the plurality of remote devices over the network and route the request to a first server of the plurality of servers based on a server selection criteria, the load balancer not having any knowledge of which server of the plurality of servers has a postage security device dedicated to the client making the request; and a communication path between each of the plurality of servers, wherein the first server is adapted to determine if it has a postal security device dedicated to the client making the request coupled thereto, and if the first server determines it has a postal security device dedicated to the client making the request coupled thereto, to process the request using the postal security device dedicated to the client making the request and to return a result to the load balancer for return to the one of the plurality of remote devices, and if the first server determines that it does not have a postal security device dedicated to the client making the request coupled thereto, to determine which of the plurality of servers does have a postal security device dedicated to the client making the request coupled thereto, and to send the request for postage to a second server that does have a postal security device dedicated to the client making the request coupled thereto for processing of the request, the second server adapted to process the request using the postal security device dedicated to the client making the request and return a result to the first server, the first server further adapted to return the received result to the load balancer for return to the one of the plurality of remote devices.