A Pool User (PU) is a

client Client(s) or The Client may refer to: * Client (business) * Client (computing), hardware or software that accesses a remote service on another computer * Customer or client, a recipient of goods or services in return for monetary or other valuabl ...

in the

Reliable Server Pooling Reliable Server Pooling (RSerPool) is a computer protocol framework for management of and access to multiple, coordinated (pooled) servers. RSerPool is an IETF standard, which has been developed by the IETF RSerPool Working Group and documented ...

(RSerPool) framework. In order to use the service provided by a pool, a PU has to proceed the following steps: * Ask a

Pool Registrar In computing, a Pool Registrar (PR) is a component of the reliable server pooling ( RSerPool) framework which manages a handlespace. PRs are also denoted as ENRP server or Name Server A name server refers to the server component of the Domain N ...

for server selection (the Pool Registrar will return a list of servers, called Pool Elements), * Select one Pool Element, establish a connection and use the actual service, * Repeat the server selection and connection establishment procedure in case of server failures, * Perform an application-specific session failover to a new server to resume an interrupted session, * Report failed servers to the

Standards Documents

Aggregate Server Access Protocol (ASAP)

Endpoint Handlespace Redundancy Protocol (ENRP)

Aggregate Server Access Protocol (ASAP) and Endpoint Handlespace Redundancy Protocol (ENRP) Parameters

Reliable Server Pooling Policies

External links

Thomas Dreibholz's Reliable Server Pooling (RSerPool) Page

Internet protocols Internet Standards