The time taken for connection establishment is monitored to aid in selecting load distribution among nodes in a data delivery system, such as a server cluster. The failure of a node to respond to a connection request may be used to identify a crashed node. The number of connections being maintained and...http://www.google.co.uk/patents/US7039916?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7039916 - Data delivery system for adjusting assignment of connection requests to nodes based upon the tracked duration
