Patent №
US 9,996,591
Granted
2018-06-12
Filed 2016
Owner
WAL-MART STORES, INC.
AI components
1
planning
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
15010257
A system and method for implementing a database system is presented. A database system comprises a load balancer and a database partitioned into a first and second shard. Coupled to the load balancer are a first plurality of database servers and a second plurality of database servers. Each of the first plurality of database servers contains a copy of the first shard of the database. Each of the second plurality of database servers contains a copy of the second shard of the database. Queries are sent to a database server in the first plurality of database servers based on a suitability score of the database server determined by characteristics of each server and a current status of each server, where the query is sent to the server in the first plurality with the highest suitability score. Other embodiments also are disclosed.
AI classification
Ownership
WAL-MART STORES, INC.
assignment · 378170517
Assignors
GUNEY, ERGIN, ZHENG, YAN
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.