Patent ID: 6898609

Claim:
A computer system for use in providing load balancing and scalable access to at least two first database replicated instances in a networked environment comprising a plurality of such first replicated database instances, available to a population of users, comprising: a) at least one first computer processor structured and arranged to perform record retrieval essentially simultaneously from each of such at least two first database replicated instances; b) at least one second computer processor structured and arranged to control processing of at least one update request onto each of such at least two first database replicated instances c) at least one third computer processor structured and arranged to assign at least one unique identifier for each unique record in such at least two first database replicated instances; d) at least one second database structured and arranged to store such at least one unique identifier; e) at least one third database structured and arranged to store at least one copy of each such update request; f) at least one fourth database structured and arranged to store location information for each at least two first database replicated instances used for record retrieval; and g) wherein such at least one first computer processor is further structured and arranged to randomly select at least one such instance of such at least two first database replicated instances from such at least one fourth database.