FREE MEMBERSHIP - Create your personalized Bitpipe Service!  Members: Sign in 
Search Bitpipe: 
IT Management  >   Systems Operations  >   Network Management  >  

Load Balancing

RSS Feed    Add to Google    Add to My Yahoo!
ALSO CALLED: Web Load Balancing, Workload Balancing, Server Load Balancing, SLB, Network Load Balancing, Server Workload Balancing, Load Balancer, Round Robin DNS
DEFINITION: Load balancing is dividing the amount of work that a computer has to do between two or more computers so that more work gets done in the same amount of time and, in general, all users get served faster. Load balancing can be implemented with hardware, software, or a combination of both. Typically, load balancing is the main reason for computer server clustering. On the Internet, companies whose  … 
Definition continues below.
Load Balancing IT Downloads (View All Report Types)
6 Matches
Active Administrator™, Version 5.6.1
sponsored by ScriptLogic Corporation
TRIAL SOFTWARE: Active Administrator™ is a comprehensive and proactive Active Directory management solution. Active Administrator provides four powerful integrated AD management features within one console, including centralized event auditing and reporting, back-up and recovery, Group Policy offline editing and rollback, and simplified delegation of AD rights.
Posted: 01 Jan 2011 | Premiered: 01 Jan 2011

ScriptLogic Corporation

Micro Focus Rumba
sponsored by Micro Focus
TRIAL SOFTWARE: This IT download, Micro Focus Rumba, provides connectivity from Windows desktops to any host system. Learn how it can be leveraged to increase productivity and reduce costs.
Posted: 06 Jun 2011 | Premiered: 06 Jun 2011

Micro Focus

Serena Service Management: Free Trial
sponsored by SERENA Software, Inc.
TRIAL SOFTWARE: Serena Service Manager is an processed-based ITSM solution that keeps people and processes perfectly in sync. View now to try Pink Elephant's ITIL innovation of the year.
Posted: 05 Apr 2012 | Premiered: 05 Apr 2012

SERENA Software, Inc.

Trial Download: Micro Focus SilkPerformer
sponsored by Micro Focus
TRIAL SOFTWARE: Micro Focus SilkPerformer® is a cost-effective, performance testing solution for optimizing the performance of business applications. It facilitates performance tests that accurately simulate peak demand loads and isolate performance bottlenecks. Take advantage of this risk-free trial and experience the significant advantages it offers.
Posted: 23 Apr 2012 | Premiered: 23 Apr 2012

Micro Focus

Try Office 365 for free for 30 days
sponsored by Microsoft
TRIAL SOFTWARE: Receive a 30 day no-risk trial of Office 365, a suite of Internet-based services devised to help meet your needs for robust security, 24/7 reliability, and user productivity.
Posted: 01 Jan 2012 | Premiered: 01 Jan 2012

Microsoft

VX-X WAN Op Download
sponsored by Silver Peak
SOFTWARE DOWNLOAD: Download Silver Peak’s VX-Xpress is the world’s first self-service website for Virtual WAN Optimization.
Posted: 03 Feb 2012 | Premiered: 03 Feb 2012

Silver Peak
6 Matches
 
LOAD BALANCING DEFINITION (continued): …  Web sites get a great deal of traffic usually use load balancing. For load balancing Web traffic, there are several approaches. For Web serving, one approach is to route each request in turn to a different server host address in a domain name system (DNS) table, round-robin fashion. Usually, if two servers are used to balance a work load, a third server is needed to determine which server to assign the work to. Since load balancing requires multiple servers, it is usually combined with failover and backup services. In some approaches, the servers are distributed over different geographic locations. … 
Load Balancing definition sponsored by SearchCIO-Midmarket.com, powered by WhatIs.com an online computer dictionary
Home | About Us | Contact Us | Advertise with Us | Partner with Us | Site Index
TechTarget provides enterprise IT professionals with the information they need to perform their jobs - from developing strategy, to making cost-effective IT purchase decisions and managing their organizations' IT projects - with its network of technology-specific Web sites, events and magazines

Definitions: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Other   TechTarget - The Most Targeted IT Media
TechTarget Corporate Web Site  |   Media Kits  




All Rights Reserved, Copyright 2000 - 2012, TechTarget | Read our Privacy Statement