@misc{rfc4678, series = {Request for Comments}, number = 4678, howpublished = {RFC 4678}, publisher = {RFC Editor}, doi = {10.17487/RFC4678}, url = {https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4678}, author = {Alan Bivens}, title = {{Server/Application State Protocol v1}}, pagetotal = 48, year = 2006, month = sep, abstract = {Entities responsible for distributing work across a group of systems traditionally do not know a great deal about the ability of the applications on those systems to complete the work in a satisfactory fashion. Workload management systems traditionally know a great deal about the health of applications, but have little control over the rate in which these applications receive work. The Server/Application State Protocol (SASP) provides a mechanism for load balancers and workload management systems to communicate better ways of distributing the existing workload to the group members. This memo provides information for the Internet community.}, }