Maintaining session in distributed servers

Hi,
I wanted to know how to maintain the session in the case when the servers are in a distributed environment, i mean the http request is sent to one server which inturn checks if any of the servers is free and redirects the request to it. When there are many users accessing the site simultaneously, then maintaining serverside session becomes a problem.
Any help is appreciated.
Chrs
Anidhar

Hi,
Thanks for your response, but the session that i wanna maintain will clash with the data that i will be submitting with the form, meaning i am using get method to transfer data to the server.
Pls suggest.
Chrs
Giridhar

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