[bogomipz]

>"we had used a random number generator within a segmented number range."

Could you describe your current implementation and its elegance?

[kartiksura]

Ad 1 has to be shown 30% of the traffic Ad 2 has to be shown 40% of the traffic Remaining has to be given to RTB

generate a random number between 0:100 if the number is 0-30 the Ad 1 has to be shown if the number is 30-70 the Ad 1 has to be shown else RTB is to be called

The servers can be now independent and no need to share the state, or have a lock based counter. For large number of requests, and with a good random number generator, you will get good results.

[packersfan0000]

Not to be a hater, but that seems like by far the most obvious way to do that, right?

[kartiksura]

Yes. It is intuitive to some. But I never learnt it from a text book. Thats why I was curious about such other tricks.

[borplk]

Yeah not to be an ass but that's pretty standard. And cool too I admit.

[kartiksura]

It might seem standard among some circles. And i have learnt them on the floor. But could never find a book or blog which describes some more examples. I was curious if others had any ideas to share.

[bogomipz]

>"Yeah not to be an ass but that's pretty standard."

Pretty standard in what context? Can you elaborate? Is there a name for the algorithm?

[bogomipz]

>"40% of the traffic Remaining has to be given to RTB"

What is RTB?

[kartiksura]

Real time bidding. It is used to trade ads with exchanges. When you dont have your own ads from your sales team.

[bogomipz]

Ah OK thanks, for somer reason I was thinking the TB in RTB was token bucket and I was scratching my head at the first letter. Now I feel silly. Cheers.