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  • In the load balancing world, many vendors have the concept of “sorry servers”, or “backup server farms/pools”.  Essentially, if most or all of your primary servers are down, traffic is...

    Your Epic Fail: Fast or Slow?

    In the load balancing world, many vendors have the concept of “sorry servers”, or “backup server farms/pools”.  Essentially, if most or all of your primary servers are down, traffic is...

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  • Larry Ellison, the somewhat eccentric CEO of Oracle, has long been on my short list of “if there really are super villains, they are certainly one of them”. But funny...

    What the #@!$ Is a Cloud?

    Larry Ellison, the somewhat eccentric CEO of Oracle, has long been on my short list of “if there really are super villains, they are certainly one of them”. But funny...

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  • The world of load balancing, to put it lightly, is a strange world indeed.  It involves a combination of skills that many don’t yet have.  It’s a combination of networking...

    In Praise of the N00b

    The world of load balancing, to put it lightly, is a strange world indeed.  It involves a combination of skills that many don’t yet have.  It’s a combination of networking...

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  • If 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:  See the world like a...

    HTTP Message: The PDU of Layer 7

    If 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:  See the world like a...

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  • I stumbled upon this link somewhere (Digg I think?), and it goes into pretty good detail the first moments of an SSL connection: The First Few Milliseconds of an SSL...

    First Moments of an SSL Connection

    I stumbled upon this link somewhere (Digg I think?), and it goes into pretty good detail the first moments of an SSL connection: The First Few Milliseconds of an SSL...

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  • Most 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,...

    Moore’s Law and Bandwidth Consumption

    Most 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,...

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  • In 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...

    Load Balancing Performance Metrics 101

    In 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...

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  • A10 Networks recently released their new AX 5200 ADC, a 2U unit capable of pushing 40 Gbps of throughput and 3 million Layer 4 connections per second.  Check the link...

    A10 Releases AX5200 at 40 Gbps

    A10 Networks recently released their new AX 5200 ADC, a 2U unit capable of pushing 40 Gbps of throughput and 3 million Layer 4 connections per second.  Check the link...

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  • I’d read the O3 Magazine article by John Buswell with great interest, as well as Lori MacVittie’s response article.  I thought they both made great points as I said in...

    Someone Is Wrong On The Internet…

    I’d read the O3 Magazine article by John Buswell with great interest, as well as Lori MacVittie’s response article.  I thought they both made great points as I said in...

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  • This article represents the first in a series of reviews of a market segment known as link load balancing.   Link load balancing are a class of device that allow multiple...

    Review: Ecessa ShieldLink 100

    This article represents the first in a series of reviews of a market segment known as link load balancing.   Link load balancing are a class of device that allow multiple...

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