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Network World’s Load Balancer Buyer’s Guide
Posted on April 24, 2007 | No CommentsThe buyer’s guide I had mentioned before has gone live on Network World’s site: Server Load Balancing: A Practical Guide. -
SSL Transactions Per Second: What do you need?
Posted on April 23, 2007 | No CommentsWhen shopping for an SSL acceleration device, whether it’s integrated into a load balancer or a stand-alone device, I’ve noticed people tend to vastly overestimate their needs when it comes to TPS (Transactions per Second). Users might balk at 1,000 TPS. After all, 1,000 SSL... -
List of Sub-$5K Load Balancing Vendors
Posted on March 14, 2007 | No CommentsI’m compiling a list of server load balancing vendors in the sub $5K category, where you can get at least one unit (and in some cases, redundant units) for less than $5,000 USD. Three of the vendors had their features compared on the load-balancer.org site,... -
The New Server Load Balancing Market
Posted on March 2, 2007 | No CommentsA new breed of customers and vendors are permeating the server load balancing world, represented by users who are new to server load balancing, and vendors who are offering load balancers without some of the sophistication, but at a much lower price. And thus far,... -
We Can All Get Along
Posted on February 27, 2007 | No CommentsIn large to medium sized organizations, those responsible for load balancers typically are in the networking group. However, because of the rather unique function of load balancers, their operation is tied closely to the applications in ways that switches, routers, and even firewalls aren’t. To...