Load Sharing

• What happens when the load on one server goes through the roof?

• Load sharing is a way of splitting the load amongst multiple servers

  • Round-robin DNS is typical
  • In practice, few adult servers bother

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Hit statistics – more on Monday (and also AM) than any day. Brassiere curve on M-F (peaks at 8:30-11:30 and 4:30-7:30, 10:30-1:30), bell curve on Sa-Su, smallest on Sunday