Network equipment for processing a request from a terminal configured to be connected to a network to which the network equipment can be connected is described. The network equipment includes a receiver configured to receive, from the terminal, a message part of the processing request, a relay agent configured to provide a network identification information into the received message, and a load balancer configured to forward the received message to one of a plurality of processing units of the network equipment, depending on workload information associated with the processing units. The processing units are further configured to retrieve, based on the network identification information extracted from the received message, context information from a database unit shared between the processing units and to process the received message according to a state of the processing request, the processing request state being retrieved from the context information.

Methods for balancing storage data traffic in a system in which at least one computing device (server) coupled to a converged network accesses at least one storage device coupled (by at least one adapter) to the network, systems configured to perform such methods, and devices configured to implement such methods or for use in such systems. Typically, the system includes servers and adapters, and server agents implemented on the servers and adapter agents implemented on the adapters are configured to detect and respond to imbalances in storage and data traffic in the network, and to redirect the storage data traffic to reduce the imbalances and, thereby to improve the overall network performance (for both data communications and storage traffic). Typically, each agent operates autonomously (except in that an adapter agent may respond to a request or notification from a server agent), and no central computer or manager directs operation of the agents.

A method, apparatus, and machine readable storage medium is disclosed for balancing loads among a plurality of virtual machines (VMs) from a central dispatcher, wherein the dispatcher receives data packets and maps the data packets to VMs selected from the plurality of VMs, using a weighted hash function, having an associated weighting for each VM and forwarding each packet to a VM accordingly, wherein a load balancer decrements a weighting for a VM, responsive to an indication of the load on the VM exceeding a first load threshold. Weightings can correspond to a number of bins associated with each VM. Weightings are adjusted in response to receiving invite and disinvite messages from the VMs, representing their respective loads.

A service request processing method, a related apparatus, and a system are provided. In the service request processing method provided in embodiments of the present invention, after receiving a service request reported by a network element, a load balancer first determines whether status information of a data node that corresponds to the service request indicates that the data node is available; and rejects, if the status information indicates that the data node is unavailable, to deliver the service request to an application node.

Disclosed herein are system, method, and apparatus for account inheritance. The method performed at an application server includes receiving, via an application programming interface (API), data information received by each authorization gateway of a plurality of authorization gateways. The method includes performing calculation of an overall health of each authorization gateway of the plurality of authorization gateways based on a predetermined value of a weight assigned to each server of the plurality of servers and the value of service level corresponding to each server of the plurality of servers. The method includes balancing load of each authorization gateway of the plurality of authorization gateways by routing at least one client request message to a set of one or more authorization gateways of the plurality of authorization gateways based on the calculated overall health of each authorization gateway of the plurality of authorization gateways that is above a specific threshold value.

Disclosed herein are system, method, and apparatus for account inheritance. The method performed at an application server includes receiving, via an application programming interface (API), data information received by each authorization gateway of a plurality of authorization gateways. The method includes performing calculation of an overall health of each authorization gateway of the plurality of authorization gateways based on a predetermined value of a weight assigned to each server of the plurality of servers and the value of service level corresponding to each server of the plurality of servers. The method includes balancing load of each authorization gateway of the plurality of authorization gateways by routing at least one client request message to a set of one or more authorization gateways of the plurality of authorization gateways based on the calculated overall health of each authorization gateway of the plurality of authorization gateways that is above a specific threshold value.

A system and method in accordance with example embodiments may include systems and methods for a cloud-based analytics platform. The cloud-based analytics platform may allow the manual and automatic uploading to and/or downloading from a cloud server. The platform may include single sign-on (SSO) capabilities such that a user may have one set of credentials to access data from the cloud-based analytics and/or data stored locally. The platform may include data validation and processing in order to provide real-time feedback on uploads based on file type, file size, access rights, extracted data, and transformed data.

A system and method in accordance with example embodiments may include systems and methods for a cloud-based analytics platform. The cloud-based analytics platform may allow the manual and automatic uploading to and/or downloading from a cloud server. The platform may include single sign-on (SSO) capabilities such that a user may have one set of credentials to access data from the cloud-based analytics and/or data stored locally. The platform may include data validation and processing in order to provide real-time feedback on uploads based on file type, file size, access rights, extracted data, and transformed data.

Session Communication Proxies (SCPs) generate SCP status information and/or SCP location information. A source network function selects one of the SCPs based on the SCP status information and/or the SCP location information. The source network function transfers data to the selected one of the SCPs. The selected one of the SCPs receives the data, selects a target network function, and transfers the data to the target network function. In some examples, a Network Repository Function (NRF) prioritizes the SCPs based on the SCP status information and/or the SCP location information, and the source network function selects the one of the SCPs based on the SCP prioritization.

Techniques for implementing rollback of infrastructure changes in an infrastructure orchestration service are described. In certain examples, an infrastructure orchestration service is disclosed that manages both provisioning and deploying of infrastructure assets within a cloud environment. The service receives a plan comprising a set of instructions associated with a set of infrastructure assets of an execution target and identifies a first state of the set of infrastructure assets. The service executes the set of instructions in the plan to achieve a second state for the set of infrastructure assets. Based in part on the executing, the service receives a trigger for rolling back the plan to restore the set of infrastructure assets in the plan to the first state and executes a rollback plan for the plan. The service then transmits a result associated with the execution of the rollback plan.