Load balancing is a technique used to distribute network traffic across a pool of servers known as a server farm. It optimizes network performance, reliability and capacity, reducing latency as the ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Network load balancers distribute interactive traffic across a number of hosts by using dynamically updated rules for load balancing while providing a single system image to the client system. Network ...

Cloud load balancing distributes traffic across backend resources to improve scalability, availability, health checks, plus ...

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Load balancing is a technique used to distribute network traffic across a pool of servers known as a server farm. It optimizes network performance, reliability and capacity, reducing latency as the ...