Data processing apparatus, method for carrying out workload management of servers

一种对异步客户机/服务器计算系统中的一组服务器进行工作负荷管理的数据处理设备，它具有：一个从客户机应用程序接收工作请求的装置；一个查询关于服务器组的可用性数据，并根据所查询可用性数据选择该组中特定服务器用于满足所接收工作请求的装置；及一个将所接收工作请求放入传送队列，等待向该组中该特定服务器传送的装置。 A data processing apparatus for carrying out workload management with respect to a group of servers in an asynchronous client/server computing system, has: a means for receiving a work request from a client application; a means for consulting availability data concerning the group of servers and for selecting a particular server in the group to be used to satisfy the received work request on the basis of the consulted availability data, where the consulted availability data is always used in its present state when the work request is received, irrespective of whether availability data has been received for each server in the group, in order to select a server from the group; and a means for placing the received work request in a transmission queue where it awaits transmission to the particular server in the group.