The Static Server Problem

request

busy!!!

busy!!!

Server

idle

Server

idle

NC

request

request

request

client

client

client

client

client

client

NC

NC

Bottleneck problem - device on which server executes may be overutilized while other network

components are (near) idle.

Lack of configurability - difficult to upgrade services or available resources.

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