US 12,003,578 B2
System and method for load balancing in a multitenant environment
Anirudh Mahto, Rachi (IN); and Ankit Kumar Mahto, Rachi (IN)
Assigned to OPEN TEXT HOLDINGS, INC., Menlo Park, CA (US)
Filed by Open Text Holdings, Inc., Halifax (CA)
Filed on Jan. 30, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/161,695.
Application 18/161,695 is a continuation of application No. 17/470,858, filed on Sep. 9, 2021, granted, now 11,570,236.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/079,894, filed on Sep. 17, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0171307 A1, Jun. 1, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 67/1008 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 67/1008 (2013.01) 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for load balancing, the method comprising:
configuring a load balancer with a set of tenant affinities including a tenant affinity for each of a plurality of tenants with respect to a plurality of computing nodes that provide services to users;
receiving a user request for a service of the provided services, the user request associated with a first tenant from the plurality of tenants;
determining a highest tenant affinity computing node having a highest tenant affinity for the first tenant from the plurality of computing nodes, using the set of tenant affinities; and
directing the user request to the highest tenant affinity computing node.