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 ...

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.

The IBM NS1 Connect global server load-balancing service ties together the company’s DNS technology with real-time user data to speed connectivity and improve failover in distributed enterprises. IBM ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Hi all, I have a question and maybe someone can shed some light if they are familiar with this. So recently I set up a failover for DHCP on an active directory network for two DHCP servers. They are ...