With
the rapid increase in user traffic volumes and network demand for
economical, reliable service , a computer network’s growth in traffic
and revenues is limited only by its Link Load Balancing capabilities
The better a network’s Link Load Balancing track record, the more
traffic and revenue it may earn on its network investment.
Link Load Balancing evens out critical resources on data
networks with unpredictable requests issued to a server. For example, a
web site with heavy traffic may employ two, three or more servers in a
link load balancing program. The link load balancing routines enable a
network to “juggle” more traffic that otherwise possible If one server
is overwhelmed, the link load balancing scheme forwards them to a
different server with extra capacity.
Another aspect to link load balancing concerns the communications
channels themselves. In this case the “juggling act” is meant to better
distribute processing and communications demands more equitably across
the network so that no single a computer is overwhelmed by the demand.
Link Load Balancing - Key Features & Benefits
First and foremost is “availability” - 24/7 Application Availability
for complete IP Application access. Local and Global Service providers
rely on redundancy and link load balancing between servers, WSD units
and distributed sites for complete server continuity across global
networks
Network Bottlenecks - Link Load Balancing
Network managers are constantly seeking new solutions for eliminating
bottlenecks and latencies for the fastest performance of all networked
applications and web-enabled transactions. The idea link load balancing
technology combines both unlimited application scalability with
flexible traffic distribution management of data centers and server
farms.
Network Security - Link Load Balancing
Link load balancing is a key element in the overall network Intrusion
Prevention effort. Expert Link Load Balancing guards the network
against internal and external attacks such as viruses, worms, Trojans,
anti-scanning and protocol anomalies. Above all hovers the ultimate
link load balancing challenge and network threat – DOS - Denial of
Service.
Remember the song, “Take a load off Annie” Just listening to it makes
you feel nice and relaxed… For maximum performance and 100 percent
uptime, networks use link load balancing to even out resource use
throughout the network.
