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Requests distribution is an key technology for Web cluster server. This paper presents a throughput-driven scheduling algorithm (TDSA). The algorithm adopts the throughput of cluster back-ends to evaluate their load and employs the neural network model to predict the future load so that the scheduling system features a self-learning capability and good adaptability to the change of load. Moreover, it separates static requests from dynamic requests to make full use of the CPU resources and takes the locality of requests into account to improve the cache hit ratio. Experimental results from the testing tool of WebBenchTM show better performance for Web cluster server with TDSA than that with traditional scheduling algorithms.
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Foundation item: Supported by the national Natural Science Fundation of China (60175015)
Biography: YAN Cai-rong (1978-), female, Ph.D. candidate, research direction: cluster server
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Cai-rong, Y., Jun-yi, S., Qin-ke, P. et al. A throughput-driven scheduling algorithm of differentiated service for web cluster. Wuhan Univ. J. Nat. Sci. 11, 88–92 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02831710
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02831710