Insights from the load balancer experts

How to load balance a MariaDB Galera Cluster for performance and High Availability using LVS & Ldirectord

While a single MariaDB server might suffice for your application's backend, a MariaDB Galera Cluster offers significant advantages, making it a far superior solution.

HAProxy

Using Grafana Loki with HAProxy for log aggregation

In today's security-conscious world, logs are crucial for gaining insight into your systems...

Nick Hawkins-Booth

11 mins

How-tos

What is Stunnel and how do you configure it?

Here is another example of a more “exotic” Stunnel configuration. Most people, and rightly so, will ask “but why?”. Well, because we can!..

Damian Pacuszka

5 mins

Automation

Solving the Layer 4 ARP problem on Linux with Ansible

The "ARP problem" for Layer 4 DR (Direct Routing) mode is something that needs to be solved for each of your Real Servers in the virtual service...

Seamus Toth

5 mins

How-tos

How to add loopback interfaces on Windows with PowerShell

One of the most frequent issues I encounter when customers are setting up a loopback adapter on Windows as part of their DR mode deployment is the confusion over which commands to enter...

Jon Morby

2 mins

Healthcare

Loadbalancer.org helps NHS Trust optimize the performance of its PaperCut MF print management software and meet their cost savings target

Print plays an uncelebrated but fundamental part in the timely delivery of patient care...

Liam Canavan

4 mins

application security padlock and laptop keyboard

WAF

Report back from the OWASP Core Rule Set Community Summit and OWASP Global AppSec 2023: The WAF conundrum

I had the privilege of speaking in Dublin at this year's OWASP Core Rule Set Community Summit before then attending OWASP Global AppSec immediately afterwards...

Andrew Howe

4 mins

Healthcare

Arab Health 2023: How to achieve consumer centricity in radiology

Top of mind was the increasing need for vendors to adapt to the ever growing demands of their customers and become more consumer centric...

Joshua Turnbull

4 mins

How-tos

How to create an SSL certificate in Linux

I thought I would try and cover the basics here by explaining how to create an SSL certificate and the various files that you'll end up with...

Jon Morby

4 mins

Comparisons

A thank you from Loadbalancer.org's Co-Founders: Celebrating 20 years of clever, not complex, high availability solutions

Celebrating 20 years of clever, not complex, high availability solutions...

Malcolm Turnbull

4 mins

Healthcare

DICOM viewers: Can you recommend a free one I can trust?

After about an hour of searching I finally found two viewers that I can recommend...

Andrei Grigoras

3 mins

Automation

Automating load balancer management with Ansible Playbooks

Ansible is an open source project sponsored by RedHat, and is the simplest way to automate IT tasks...

Jeff Gosden

5 mins

Performance

What is network interface bonding and what might you use it for?

There are several ways you can bond a network interface and two primary reasons why you might want to do so...

Jon Morby

6 mins

High Availability

Lessons from RSNA 2022: Are vendor attitudes to high availability (HA) at a tipping point?

The RSNA Annual Meeting was very much back in business this year — with footfall, and exhibits, back to their pre-pandemic buzz. But there was one thing that had changed...

Liam Canavan

3 mins

man sitting at laptop looking out the window thinking

High Availability

Things to consider when buying a load balancer

There are a whole host of factors that will influence your choice. However, what I've tried to do here is pull together some key questions you'll need to think about, based on my personal experience, to help you articulate what you need...

Richard Halcrow

5 mins

Comparisons

Will Richard Gabriel's UNIX "worse is better" theory ring true for load balancing software development in 2023?

Which model will meet your needs, and are the established "worse is better" and "right is better" philosophies still relevant?..

Andrew Zak

6 mins

two silver metal arms with grabbers facing each other

Automation

Automation: what's the difference between management and orchestration?

What exactly do we mean by 'automation'? And which tools work best for each scenario?..

Jeff Gosden

5 mins

Education

Load balancing Moodle's learning application system (LMS)

Moodle is a great platform for learning, but requires load balancing to facilitate the secure and timely distribution and delivery of that data...

Victor Moldovan

7 mins

man at computer looking at reporting data

Automation

Using Grafana with your Loadbalancer.org appliance

How many times have you looked at the HAProxy report and thought, what on earth is this all about?! What are the busiest times on my Loadbalancer? Which Real Server is busy? How much traffic is going through my VIPs?..

Jeff Gosden

5 mins

Open source

Why is public cloud potentially a bad idea from a programmer's perspective?

Cloud may be a developers best friend, but it can also be a programmer's worst enemy...

Peter Statham

5 mins

transceiver with turquoise cables coming out of it

Performance

What transceiver do I need for my load balancer?

Transceivers are known by many names: combination transmitters/receivers, optical transceivers, optics, fiber optic transceivers, Gigabit Interface Converters (GBICS), 'that bit you plug into your fiber port'...

Richard Halcrow

5 mins

Comparisons

Compare Layer 4, 7, and Global Server Load Balancing (GSLB) techniques

The first question we always ask our customers is: "are you looking for performance, reliability, maintainability — or all three?"..

Dave Saunders

9 mins

Comparisons

What is the difference between a hardware and virtual load balancer?

This is not a blog telling you what appliance you should buy. It's simply a blog explaining the core differences, as well as the advantages and disadvantages of each...

Richard Halcrow

3 mins

Comparisons

How Loadbalancer.org helped this customer migrate seamlessly from Snapt Nova

Working with this Snapt customer to support them with the urgent migration of all their critical applications...

Joshua Turnbull

6 mins

How-tos

Using Prometheus with your Loadbalancer.org appliance

With our recent release, you can now use the new Prometheus exporter to export the HAProxy metrics into an existing Prometheus environment...

Jeff Gosden

6 mins

HAProxy

Oh SNAPT! Where's my load balancer?

I was genuinely shocked and a little sad hearing the news that SNAPT has gone bust. They were a great company, with a nice product and more importantly — nice people...

Jeff Gosden

7 mins

Healthcare

How my breast cancer treatment highlighted loopholes in patient care and made me fearful for the future of medical imaging

Why I think NHS hospitals urgently need to modernize their IT architecture if they are to successfully adapt to variable operating models, meet patient demand, and improve treatment options for women with breast cancer...

Karen Turnbull

7 mins

Storage

Cloudian takes object storage performance to the next level —with a tailored load balancer

Cloudian recently announced its new HyperBalance product, a highly customized OEM version of the Loadbalancer Enterprise ADC...

Malcolm Turnbull

3 mins

Insights from the load balancer experts

How to load balance a MariaDB Galera Cluster for performance and High Availability using LVS & Ldirectord

Using Grafana Loki with HAProxy for log aggregation

What is Stunnel and how do you configure it?

Solving the Layer 4 ARP problem on Linux with Ansible

Recent blogs

How to add loopback interfaces on Windows with PowerShell

Loadbalancer.org helps NHS Trust optimize the performance of its PaperCut MF print management software and meet their cost savings target

Report back from the OWASP Core Rule Set Community Summit and OWASP Global AppSec 2023: The WAF conundrum

Arab Health 2023: How to achieve consumer centricity in radiology

How to create an SSL certificate in Linux

A thank you from Loadbalancer.org's Co-Founders: Celebrating 20 years of clever, not complex, high availability solutions

DICOM viewers: Can you recommend a free one I can trust?

Automating load balancer management with Ansible Playbooks

What is network interface bonding and what might you use it for?

Lessons from RSNA 2022: Are vendor attitudes to high availability (HA) at a tipping point?

Things to consider when buying a load balancer

Will Richard Gabriel's UNIX "worse is better" theory ring true for load balancing software development in 2023?

Automation: what's the difference between management and orchestration?

Load balancing Moodle's learning application system (LMS)

Using Grafana with your Loadbalancer.org appliance

Why is public cloud potentially a bad idea from a programmer's perspective?

What transceiver do I need for my load balancer?

Compare Layer 4, 7, and Global Server Load Balancing (GSLB) techniques

What is the difference between a hardware and virtual load balancer?

How Loadbalancer.org helped this customer migrate seamlessly from Snapt Nova

Using Prometheus with your Loadbalancer.org appliance

Oh SNAPT! Where's my load balancer?

How my breast cancer treatment highlighted loopholes in patient care and made me fearful for the future of medical imaging

Cloudian takes object storage performance to the next level —with a tailored load balancer

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