Patent ID: 8005926

Claim:
A host site comprising: an application tier including an application-tier set of servers that generates application-tier resource utilization data said application tier having an application processing function running on said server for responding to said application requests with said application responses, said application tier having a resource monitor for generating said application-tier resource-utilization data by monitoring utilization parameters on said server, said resource monitor communicating said application-tier resource-utilization data to said deferral manager; and a client-response tier including a client-response-tier set of servers, said client-response-tier set and said application-tier set being mutually exclusive, said client-response-tier having a client-response-tier resource monitor for generating client-response-tier resource utilization data as a function of parameters associated with said client-response-tier server, said client-response-tier set performing admission control using said application-tier resource utilization data, said servers on said client-response tier and said servers on said application tier including central processing units (CPUs) and memory.