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May 25, 2012
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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
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Windows Azure Storage: A Highly Available Cloud Storage Service with Strong Consistency
sponsored by Microsoft
WHITE PAPER:
Read this white paper to learn about the architecture, data model, resource provisioning, load balancing, and replication systems of Windows Azure Storage (WAS), a scalable cloud storage system that provides customers with seemingly limitless data storage, access from anywhere at any time, and the ability to only pay for what they use.
Posted: 25 Apr 2012 | Published: 25 Apr 2012
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WLAN Buyer's Guide
sponsored by Aerohive Networks
WHITE PAPER:
This comprehensive WLAN buyers guide explores the current trends and considerations you must make before making your WLAN purchase.
Posted: 02 Apr 2012 | Published: 02 Apr 2012
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Improving VDI with Scalable Architecture
sponsored by F5 Networks
WHITE PAPER:
Meeting the network, security and performance needs of your VDI deployment can be challenging. However, utilizing an optimized Application Delivery Controller (ADC) with application templates specific to VMware View, Microsoft desktop virtualization, and Citrix Xen can ease these burdens and generate additional benefits.
Posted: 06 Mar 2012 | Published: 06 Mar 2012
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RESIN CLOUD SUPPORT 3rd Generation Clustering For Elastic Cloud Scaling
sponsored by Caucho Technology
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Java and PHP Web applications can be difficult to deploy, scale and maintain in cloud environments using existing technology. Read this white paper to learn how clustering technology provides the elasticity needed to ensure the capacity, reliability and availability necessary for cloud-enabled Web applications.
Posted: 01 Mar 2012 | Published: 01 Mar 2012
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Load Balancing 101: Firewall Sandwiches
sponsored by F5 Networks
WHITE PAPER:
There are many advantages to deploying firewalls behind Application Delivery Controllers. This white paper will show how you can implement ADCs in a "firewall sandwich" to improve availability, scalability, and manageability across the IT infrastructure.
Posted: 14 Feb 2012 | Published: 14 Feb 2012
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Hardware Load Balancing for Optimal Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Performance
sponsored by F5 Networks
WHITE PAPER:
Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 offers improved support scalability, reliability, and availability, but its changes do impact existing installations. Learn how to make a smooth transition and optimize performance based on Microsoft recommendations for highly available deployments.
Posted: 14 Feb 2012 | Published: 14 Feb 2012
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Elastic Load-Balancing with VMware: Webcast
sponsored by VMware, Inc.
WEBCAST:
How do you manage performance for apps with 100 to 500 users and no budget for the extra servers to handle random load spikes? With elastic load balancing. View this webcast to learn how to cost-effectively run your applications & balance your load across virtual machines.
Posted: 10 Feb 2012 | Premiered: 10 Feb 2012
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STA Travel’s Website Performance Flys with Riverbed
sponsored by Riverbed Technology, Inc.
CASE STUDY:
The company turned to the Riverbed® Stingray™ Traffic Manager for support. This cost-effective solution deployed quickly, improved the website’s performance and uptime, and provided a superior online experience for its customers.
Posted: 09 Nov 2011 | Published: 09 Nov 2011
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AlertBoot Moves to the Cloud with Riverbed Stingray Traffic Manager
sponsored by Riverbed Technology, Inc.
CASE STUDY:
When AlertBoot, a leading provider of full disk encryption, made the switch to the cloud it needed to find a load balancing solution that would support its migration and prevent downtime. The company chose Riverbed Stingray Traffic Manager to use while transitioning its infrastructure to an entirely virtualized environment.
Posted: 08 Nov 2011 | Published: 08 Nov 2011
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Avoidable Mistakes that Compromise Cooling Performance in Data Centers and Network Rooms
sponsored by APC by Schneider Electric
WHITE PAPER:
Access this exclusive resource to learn how to avoid mistakes when installing cooling systems and racks in data centers or network rooms. This paper examines these typical mistakes, explains their principles, quantifies their impacts, and describes simple remedies.
Posted: 29 Apr 2009 | Published: 29 Apr 2009
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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
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