Server farms achieve high scalability and high availability through server load balancing, a technique that makes the server farm appear to clients as a single server. In this two-part article, Gregor ...

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.

Load balancing a network is a task that many administrators often overlook—to the detriment of their networks—even in the smallest of environments. Generally, poor network performance is treated by ...

In-Depth Open 24 Hours: Load Balancing The proper level of load balancing services can ensure consistent availability of Web services. By Danielle Ruest and Nelson Ruest 04/01/2005 In today's world, ...

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 ...

Load balancers by definition are all about balancing the traffic to ensure availability and performance. IBM is now looking to upend traditional approaches. The NS1 Connect GSLB service is being ...

It’s easy to forget that embedded Linux can’t do everything for all embedded developers. While it is suitable for some applications with many megabytes of memory and powerful processors, there are a ...