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Archive for May, 2007
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Magic Quadrants
Posted on May 23, 2007 | No CommentsSomeone mentioned the Gartner magic quadrant on the mailing list, so I looked for the most recent load balancing/application delivery doohicky quadrant diagram, and here it is. While this is a pretty good diagram of the premium market, I have a few disagreements with it.... -
A Tale of Two Markets
Posted on May 22, 2007 | No CommentsIn the beginning, there was but one load balancing/application delivery market, and it was good. A couple of years and one dot-com meltdown later and somehow, unknown to many, we have two very distinct load balancer markets. The first market, the enterprise or “premium†market,... -
In Your Face, Clustering
Posted on May 18, 2007 | No CommentsThe terms “Server Load Balancing” and “Clustering” are both somewhat generic terms that have come to mean very specific things. Server Load Balancing refers to appliance-style network devices, and clustering is traditionally a software solution sitting on a server, both of which accomplish about the... -
Same Sunbet Problem
Posted on May 8, 2007 | 2 CommentsOne of the most common problems that afflict load balancing situations is the “same subnet” problem. This is when a client tries to browse a Virtual Service/VIP from the same subnet as the real servers. Lately, I’ve seen this come up on the mailing list....