A practical guide to server load balancing by a Network World reader. Details server load balancing technologies and applications for systems managers. This piece was contributed by a reader. If you ...

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The transport-level server load balancing architectures described in the first half of this article are more than adequate for many Web sites, but more complex and dynamic sites can’t depend on them.

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High Availability (HA) refers to the design and implementation of systems that are operational and accessible without significant downtime. HA systems are engineered to overcome failures automatically ...

Many enterprise organizations are talking to IT staff about moving into the cloud environment and/or using virtual machines to take advantage of greater scalability. Being able to access more ...

Load balancing and software-defined WAN have similar capabilities but are not quite interchangeable. Load balancing is a traditional networking technique commonly used within data centers or clouds.

Reverse proxy startup ngrok Inc. today debuted a GSLB, or global server load balancing, tool that promises to speed up application response times and reduce the risk of outages. The network traffic ...

Disaster recovery is being addressed by private and public cloud providers with multi-site load balancing. But the lack of centralized control of application and infrastructure configurations can lead ...

This chapter introduces the reader to firewall load-balancing (FWLB) concepts, technology, and designs. We will talk about motivations behind FWLB solutions, different types of firewalls, and how to ...