None of the services users take for granted on the internet -- such as online shopping, reading the news or checking investments -- or in large corporate IT environments would work without load ...

At its simplest, a load balancer is a mechanism that distributes traffic across multiple destination hosts to ensure no one single host catches the full workload. A DNS load balancer, for example, ...

This chapter introduces the reader to firewall load-balancing (FWLB) concepts, technology, and designs. We will talk about motivations behind FWLB solutions, different types of firewalls, and how to ...

High Availability (HA) refers to the design and implementation of systems that are operational and accessible without significant downtime. HA systems are engineered to overcome failures automatically ...