1. A replication service system for balancing processing load among a plurality of geographically separated information servers serving requests for objects from a plurality of clients, said replication service system comprising a plurality of replicators, each said replicator receiving messages relating to the loading on a respective selected plurality of less than all of said information servers, said replicators each forming differences based on said received messages, said differences relating to the difference in loading between respective ones of said respective selected plurality of servers, and a messaging system for sending messages between replicators in response to said differences, said messages indicating maximum and minimum loading on ones of said selected plurality of said information servers, said messaging system comprising means for sending messages directing the occurrence of a distribution event between selected ones of said information servers, said distribution events comprising at least one of (i) migrating an object from at least a selected one of said information servers to at least another selected one of said information servers, or (ii) copying an object from at least a selected one of said information servers to at least another selected one of said information servers.