Load Balancer User Identification for Dedicated Node Routing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional load balancing systems in secure networks inefficiently distribute processing threads as they lack user identification information, leading to suboptimal utilization of processing nodes.
Innovation Solution
A method where a load balancer identifies the user and transfers threads to either dedicated or non-dedicated processing nodes based on the existence of a dedicated node for the user, optimizing resource allocation by ensuring efficient processing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Speed
If conventional load balancer distributes threads without user identification, then thread distribution can be performed quickly, but processing efficiency and resource utilization deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs user identification and authentication before thread distribution. The load balancer authenticates the user and determines whether a dedicated processing node exists prior to distributing the thread, enabling optimized resource allocation based on user identity while maintaining efficient thread distribution processes.
2Device complexity
If threads are distributed to any available processing node, then load balancing can be simplified, but resource utilization and processing efficiency deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements different thread distribution strategies based on user characteristics. For authenticated users with dedicated processing nodes, threads are routed to dedicated nodes for optimized processing. For other cases, conventional load balancing applies. This localized differentiation improves resource utilization without requiring complete system redesign.
Solution Approach 2:
The load balancer acts as an intermediary that performs user authentication and determines the appropriate destination processing node before thread distribution. This intermediary function enables the system to leverage user identification information for optimized resource allocation while maintaining the simplicity of the overall load balancing architecture.
3Productivity
If user identification is performed before thread distribution, then processing efficiency can be optimized, but authentication time and processing delay increase
Solution Approach 1:
User authentication is performed as a preliminary action before thread distribution. The load balancer authenticates the user and determines dedicated node assignment in advance, so that when threads arrive, the processing node selection is already optimized, reducing overall processing time despite the initial authentication step.
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AI summary
A distributed networked computer system is provided. The distributed networked computer system receives processing threads from a plurality of workstations and distributes the processing threads to selected processing nodes through a load balancer. The load balancer is configured to recognize certain enterprise users and transfer the processing threads from the certain enterprise users to dedicated processing nodes dedicated to processing the threads of those certain users.