> If you want fairer load balancing that takes into account CPU > utilization, perhaps you can set up a health check page that > returns the CPU utilization (which doesn't seem to be very > easy, but you can return the number of currently running > requests, or number of current sessions, etc), and have > ServerIron distribute the requests based on those values. I > haven't personally tried this, but I'm guessing it should be > possible.
CPU utilization isn't directly accessible from Java, but there are ways to get that information into Java (assuming you're using Windows - on Unix there are other ways, I'm sure): http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-11-2004/jw-1108-windowspm.html Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! This email has been processed by SmoothZap - www.smoothwall.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Macromedia ColdFusion MX7 Upgrade to MX7 & experience time-saving features, more productivity. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJW Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:273781 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
