But as the economy stood still, networking hardware vendors moved forward with advances in the traffic management hardware space, often segmented as Layer 4-7 networking devices. Load balancers became ...

Load balancing a network is a task that many administrators often overlook—to the detriment of their networks—even in the smallest of environments. Generally, poor network performance is treated by ...

So, this is my first blog post on here. Hope it goes well. One of the most commonly asked questions of late is how to properly use a load-balancer with Cisco’s Identity Services Engine. Here are some ...

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 ...

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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.

In the previous section, we covered the HTTP protocol in detail. You now understand the URLs, methods, and cookies. In Layer 7 load balancing, the SLB device proxies the client's TCP connection and ...

Hey all, I have a client site that is running Ex2010 SP1 on 2 multi-role VMs in a DAG, for about 400 mailboxes across two DBs. The VMs are also HA via Hyper-V cluster. Currently, VM1 is hosting the ...