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Out of curiosity, where/why would such an exotic feature be needed in today's internet architectures where you always front a group of servers with a load balan
by lenkite 13y ago
Out of curiosity, where/why would such an exotic feature be needed in today's internet architectures where you always front a group of servers with a load balancer ?
- butterflyhug 13y agoNot all Internet protocols are HTTP. If you're running a service where long-lived connections are the norm, "simply fronting a bunch of servers with a load balancer" can require a pretty smart load balancer. E.g. IMAP connections often last hours or even days, and are required to maintain a degree of statefulness.
- banachtarski 13y agoNot everything is a website! Also, not everything is stateless. Consider writing a chat application for the web for example and letting users on one page communicate with another one.