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- must be an easy coast thing: heard the term "mad" used today, haven't heard it used in a while. as in "he was giving her mad dirty looks".2012/02/04 12:41
- every time I come to NYC, the percentage of taxis that are crown vics goes down. #endofanuglycarera2012/02/04 12:52
- I just unlocked the Level 4 "Herbivore" badge on @foursquare! High five!
http://t.co/FDOxqDeY2012/02/04 09:50 - getting a lot of twitter spam today2012/02/04 09:47
- my cab driver in a binary accelerator. hits gas, off gas, hits gas, off gas. rather than out constant pressure. makes for nauseating ride.2012/02/04 06:24
- @jaymiek
"shit Canadians say" :)2012/02/04 06:23
- must be an easy coast thing: heard the term "mad" used today, haven't heard it used in a while. as in "he was giving her mad dirty looks".
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Load Balancing 101 Archive
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iRules: Cold Dead Hands
Posted on March 28, 2011 | 1 CommentOne of the biggest differentiators in load balancing is whether or not the product has the ability to manipulate traffic using application logic, not just direct traffic. The best known... -
Achilles Heal for Virtual Load Balancers: SSL
Posted on March 14, 2011 | 2 CommentsI’m a big fan of virtualization. There’s a lot to like about it, including consolidation (getting rid of space-heater servers that do nothing running 1% CPU and sucking up electricity... -
CPS versus TPS: How to Measure SSL Performance
Posted on March 11, 2011 | No CommentsSSL performance is a tricky thing to measure. There are a lot of different aspects to consider, and on top of that different vendors use slightly different definitions for the... -
The HTTP Cookie Monster
Posted on November 1, 2010 | No Commentsкухненско обзавеждане The fact is, we’re more addicted to cookies than even Cookie Monster Came upon this post on Slashdot.org, a criticism of HTTP cookies entitled “HTTP cookies, or how... -
HTTP Message: The PDU of Layer 7
Posted on August 2, 2009 | No CommentsIf there’s one thing that made load balancing and web servers in general “click” with me, and make it much simpler to troubleshoot, it’s this:Â See the world like a... -
Moore’s Law and Bandwidth Consumption
Posted on May 27, 2009 | 1 CommentMost in IT are familiar with the concept of Moore’s Law, whereby processor capability tends to double about every two years. To a certain extent, this happens with networking equipment,... -
Load Balancing Performance Metrics 101
Posted on May 20, 2009 | 2 CommentsIn the previous post, I talked about the o3 article, and where I think they may have gotten it wrong (but it’s impossible to tell, as he didn’t publish any... -
Best of Both Worlds: Selective Source-NAT
Posted on March 11, 2009 | 1 CommentOne of the most common issues that comes up is something often referred to as the “same subnet” problem. In certain configurations, you cannot connect to a VIP (Virtual IP... -
Quick and Dirty Performance Testing With Apache Bench
Posted on February 5, 2009 | No CommentsIf you need a quick and dirty way to throw some load onto a load balancer/ADC or web server, Apache comes with a great tool called Apache Bench. Since it’s... -
Definition Mission
Posted on May 17, 2008 | 1 CommentThere are a couple of terms in the realm of server load balancing (application delivery controllers) that can be somewhat confusing, because either there are multiple names for the same...
