Server farms achieve high scalability and high availability through server load balancing, a technique that makes the server farm appear to clients as a single server. In this two-part article, Gregor ...

The transport-level server load balancing architectures described in the first half of this article are more than adequate for many Web sites, but more complex and dynamic sites can’t depend on them.

The majority of computer and iAppliance users connect to their networks simply to exchange e-mail messages and small files such as Word documents or PowerPoint presentations. These applications are ...

In this paper, the authors presents an approach for scheduling algorithms that can maintain the load balancing and provides better improved strategies through efficient job scheduling and modified ...

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In cloud, scaling is the ability to provide the services without lagging performance, in case of increased or decreased load. The system should be able to adapt to the customer request so as to ...

Free load balancers present an excellent opportunity to maximize performance without breaking the budget if you're seeking a solid solution to improve the security and efficiency of your network.