Judging from what I saw while testing Juniper's DX3680 load balancer, it's clear that these devices have come a long way from their humble beginnings. In its simplest form, a load balancer is a device ...

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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 ...

With the new release, solution providers can offer customers high availability, scalability, security and enhanced performance for applications such as SIP-based voice over IP, Web services or mobile ...

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 ...

Free load balancers present an excellent opportunity to maximize performance without breaking the budget if you're seeking a solid solution to improve the security and efficiency of your network.

A blade system without a load balancer would be like Chicago’s O’Hare without air traffic control. One of the core applications for server blades is to serve as the front end to Web hosting, firewalls ...

Security firm F-Secure has issued a warning about security issues in some common configurations for F5 Networks’ Big-IP load balancer. According to the security firm’s researchers, unless addressed, ...

DigitalOcean has added another feature to its cloud-hosting offerings: load balancers. Supporting HTTP, HTTPS, and bare TCP streams at launch, the load balancer option makes it even easier for ...