Server farms achieve high scalability and high availability through server load balancing, a technique that makes the server farm appear to clients as a single server. In this two-part article, Gregor ...

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 ...

Many enterprise organizations are talking to IT staff about moving into the cloud environment and/or using virtual machines to take advantage of greater scalability. Being able to access more ...

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.

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 ...

The KEMP LoadMaster load balancing solutions deliver ease-of-use to speed deployment of critical server roles and protocols offered by Microsoft Lync Server 2010. By adding load balancing, traffic can ...

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 ...

I'm interested in load balancing AFP. I've got around 1200 users with network homes, split across two older xServes and half an xRaid. There are about 200 users logged in at any given time. My split ...