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  • Method and apparatus for an internet protocol (IP) network clustering system
    Patent number: 6006259
    Abstract: The present invention is an Internet Protocol (IP) network clustering system which can provide a highly scalable system which optimizes message throughput by adaptively load balancing its components, and which minimizes delay and packet loss especially in the TCP mode by a controlled fail-over process. An innovative process of defining the essential portion of TCP state required to maintain reliable message connections across the cluster is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 21, 1999
    Assignee: Network Alchemy, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth Allen Adelman, David Lyon Kashtan, William L. Palter, Derrell D. Piper, II