With the explosive growth of the World Wide Wed,many popular Web sites are faced with the challenge of the overload of tremendous requests.The best way out is using distributed Web server systems for their good scalab...With the explosive growth of the World Wide Wed,many popular Web sites are faced with the challenge of the overload of tremendous requests.The best way out is using distributed Web server systems for their good scalability and low costs.In this paper,we try to give a comprehensive survey on the underlying techniques of the distributed Web server systems:request-dispatching mechanisms,load-balancing algorithms,Web content replication and distribution schemas and other important aspects.展开更多
文摘With the explosive growth of the World Wide Wed,many popular Web sites are faced with the challenge of the overload of tremendous requests.The best way out is using distributed Web server systems for their good scalability and low costs.In this paper,we try to give a comprehensive survey on the underlying techniques of the distributed Web server systems:request-dispatching mechanisms,load-balancing algorithms,Web content replication and distribution schemas and other important aspects.