Patent ID: 8254262

Claim:
A load balancing component coupled to a communications network, the load balancing component comprising: a memory; a network interface; and a processor, wherein the processor executes: logic configured to route communication data to a plurality of recorders; logic configured to passively receive communication data related to a communication, wherein the communication data comprises a first stream and a second stream related to the same communication; logic configured to determine to which recorders of the plurality of recorders the received communication data is to be routed in accordance with the streams associated with the communication data and in order to achieve a balanced utilization of the plurality of recorders, the logic configured to determine to which recorders of the plurality of recorders the received communication data is to be routed includes a determination based on a past utilization of the plurality of recorders; and logic configured to route the communication data to the determined recorders in accordance with a weighting based on the past utilization, the weighting being related to an amount of utilization of each of the plurality of recorders, wherein the first stream is routed to a different recorder than the second stream.