Archive for October, 2007

  • Survey Says!

    Survey Says!

    Thanks again to those that took the load balancing survey. I got a tremendous number of responses, and there are a number of surprising things that I’ve learned through it that I’d like to share. First of all, I was surprised that the vast majority...

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  • Ask Tony

    Ask Tony

    New section, new idea for lbdigest.  It’s called (creatively) “Ask Tony”.  Email me a question, and I’ll answer it on this blog.  If you’ve got a question relating to load balancing, SSL acceleration, traffic management, etc., I’ll do my best to answer it, and hopefully...

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  • Load Balancing Survey

    Load Balancing Survey

    In an effort to better understand how the load balancing has evolved over the years, I’ve put together a quick survey for load balancer/traffic management/application delivery administrators. Take the survey It’s a quick survey, just 3 pages, and can be done in less than 5...

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  • On Underwear, Hard Drives, and Networking Gear

    On Underwear, Hard Drives, and Networking Gear

    So what do underwear, hard drives, and networking gear (specifically, networking gear that operates above Layer 3) have in common? They are three things I don’t buy used. Underwear is obvious. With hard drives, they’re the component in a PC that is almost guaranteed to...

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