Performance
Make your applications work harder
GSLB
The ultimate guide to Global Server Load Balancing (GSLB): Benefits, uses, and configurations
Global Server Load Balancing (GSLB) enables you to distribute internet or corporate network traffic across servers in multiple locations, anywhere in the world...
GSLB
Active/active for N+1 redundancy and > 1Tbps of ADC throughput
I've been repeatedly asked how our load balancers scale. So, I have decided to write down your options for endlessly scalable, high-performance load balancing...
Performance
How to enable single root I/O virtualization (SR-IOV) for high-performance load balancing
The single root I/O virtualization (SR-IOV) interface is an extension to the PCI Express (PCIe) specification. SR-IOV allows a device, such as a network adapter, to separate access to its resources among various PCIe hardware functions...
Performance
What transceiver do I need for my load balancer?
Transceivers are known by many names: combination transmitters/receivers, optical transceivers, optics, fiber optic transceivers, Gigabit Interface Converters (GBICS), 'that bit you plug into your fiber port'...
High Availability
What's the point of load balancing?
Load balancing? Say what?! Got 2 mins to get your head around the concept? Your time starts....now!..
Performance
Application Acceleration — and why you DON'T need it
As you know, we get excited about solutions, not semantics, so I'm going to go against the grain here and say 'Application Acceleration' is one of those buzzwords that's about as useful as all that designer water that's out there these days...
Performance
When should you get a hardware replacement? After 3, 5, or 17 years...?
The topic of hardware replacement, trade-in, and upgrade options is rife with opinions, bad habits, and rules of thumb. It gets even more complicated when you consider how your choices are affected by your vendor's randomly changing end-of-life policies...
Media
Achieving unrivaled performance with media and video streaming on demand
For the uninitiated, layer 4 DR mode is a high performance load balancing method available on our appliances. It works by having all response traffic flow from the servers straight back to the clients...
Performance
The importance of adding a load balancer to your test environments
Hands up here who is guilty of making that “simple” code change in a production environment, only to find it has broken some other functionality?..
Comparisons
Are you crazy to buy a hardware load balancer?
There’s no doubt that the software adoption trend for load balancers is increasing - and the likelihood is that this will continue. After all, it makes sense right?..
Performance
Why use Professional Services?
Why on earth would I want to use Professional Services when I can use Support instead? Here we outline the differences and when you'd want to engage them...
Performance
Why won't NFSv3 just die already?
I ran into a problem recently where a customer was working to load balance NFS to their scale-out NAS product, they were saying that it mounted fine but “showmount -e” just wouldn’t work properly from their Linux client...
Healthcare
Digital pathology: five ways to ensure fast and successful adoption
There's an urgent need to digitize pathology services globally – and, in the UK in particular, the introduction of new digital pathology methods is considered a priority...
Performance
Why use a reverse proxy?
For businesses struggling with web congestion due to heavy usage, using a reverse proxy is the right solution...
High Availability
What is a load balancer? A comprehensive guide to load balancing
Hidden in data centers around the world, there are millions of load balancers that keep businesses and their applications fully functional 24/7 – making sure users enjoy a seamless and uninterrupted high-quality experience at every single click...
Performance
Making the most of Global Server Load Balancing (GSLB): If you’ve got it, use it
Global Server Load Balancing (GSLB) enables you to distribute internet or corporate network traffic across servers in multiple locations, anywhere in the world. But why – and when – should you use it?..
Application Management
How Scomis improves the scalability and performance of its Hosted Application Service
A specialist IT services provider in the education market, Scomis provides hosted application services for over 600 primary and secondary schools across 19 local authority areas...
Healthcare
How load balancers optimize PACS performance in radiology
One of the most clinically-significant healthcare innovations of the last few decades, PACS has changed the architecture of the modern radiology department for good...
Performance
Layer 4 vs Layer 7 load balancing - we still love DSR, but…
Direct server return, direct routing - no matter what you call it, using DSR maximises the throughput of return traffic and allows for near endless scalability. Here's why we still love it...
Media
Why Netflix, Amazon, YouTube and PlayStation reducing their traffic won’t save the Internet
Netflix, YouTube, Amazon, Disney and Apple recently began streaming content at lower bit rates - but is it actually improving performance or just good PR?..
Direct Server Return
15 years later, we still love DSR
For the uninitiated, Direct Server Return is a clever trick which entails directly routing packets to the chosen real server...
Performance
Load balancing your load balancers for a crazy amount of SSL TPS
The plan is to use an inexpensive pair of load balancers - using Layer 4 DR mode for maximum throughput and transparency - to load balance some more mid to high-end load balancers. This enables us to handle the SSL offload at a much more affordable price than simply buying a big box...
AWS / Azure / GCP
How to design a disaster recovery plan for your cloud infrastructure
To design a well-targeted disaster recovery plan, you need to work out two key metrics: the Recovery Point Objective (RPO) and the Recovery Time Objective (RTO)...
AWS / Azure / GCP
How do you combine AWS Auto Scaling with a proper load balancer?
The Loadbalancer.org appliance automatically detects changes in your auto-scaling groups, with zero configuration and zero downtime...