Patent ID: 8819198

Claim:
A method comprising the steps of: A) binding, by one or more server computers in a server cluster communicatively coupled to a network, an Internet Protocol (IP) address to a website hosted on a source server computer within said server cluster; B) assigning, by said one or more server computers, said IP address to a loopback interface without binding said IP address to a physical network interface on said source server computer; C) writing, by said one or more server computers, to a routing table stored in a router servicing said server cluster, a static route to said IP address via said loopback interface on said source server computer; D) identifying, by said one or more server computers, a destination server computer within said server cluster onto which to migrate said website, said IP address and said loopback interface; E) migrating, by said one or more server computers, said website, said IP address and said loopback interface to said destination server computer without requiring an update of one or more Domain Name System (DNS) entries for said website; and F) updating, by said one or more server computers, said static route in said routing table to direct network traffic for said website to said IP address via said loopback interface on said destination server computer.