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How to connect and manage a Citrix NetScaler in the Loadbalancer ADC Portal
As a NetScaler specialist, they asked me to test the product and share my honest thoughts.
Insights from the load balancer experts
GSLB
The ultimate guide to Global Server Load Balancing (GSLB): Benefits, uses, and configurations
Global Server Load Balancing (GSLB) enables you to distribute internet or corporate network traffic across servers in multiple locations, anywhere in the world...
GSLB
Active/active for N+1 redundancy and > 1Tbps of ADC throughput
I've been repeatedly asked how our load balancers scale. So, I have decided to write down your options for endlessly scalable, high-performance load balancing...
High Availability
What is a load balancer? A comprehensive guide to load balancing
Hidden in data centers around the world, there are millions of load balancers that keep businesses and their applications fully functional 24/7 – making sure users enjoy a seamless and uninterrupted high-quality experience at every single click...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Storage
Loadbalancer creates a tailored load balancer for Cloudian to take their object storage solutions to the next level
The tailored HyperBalance load balancer will optimize Cloudian's object storage applications, allowing them to seamlessly deliver the high availability their customers demand...
How-tos
Using Postman to upload certificates to your Loadbalancer.org appliance
You don't need me to tell you that Postman is an API platform used for building and using APIs, designed to make your life a whole lot easier!..
AWS / Azure / GCP
Why move your applications to the cloud?
Talking about the cloud and actually moving to the cloud are two very different things...
How-tos
How to load balance and optimize Hitachi Content Platform (HCP)
If you want safe, easy-to-use object storage software then the Hitachi Content Platform (HCP) is it. But why, and how, can you optimize this solution with load balancing?..
High Availability
The role of network management in business continuity
We'd all rather prevent a disaster than have to live with the consequences of one...
How-tos
How to load balance MinIO object storage
We're going to have a look at setting up a Layer 7 VIP, which will connect back to our MinIO servers...
Load balancing object storage in hospitals
The use case for object storage in hospitals, and why it needs a dedicated load balancing solution...
Comparisons
Tailoring — The modern way to make your product indestructible
Growing customer demands are forcing technology providers to reconsider their approach to high availability and scalability...
How-tos
Using Postman with the Loadbalancer.org API
Before we can connect to the loadbalancer appliance using SSH, we first need to allow this action through the Appliance Security Options via Local Configuration and then, Security...
Use Case
How Loadbalancer.org helped deliver PACS high availability for a group of large enterprise hospitals in the Middle East
As with the majority of Loadbalancer.org's projects in the Middle East, the goal of this project was to help a group of hospitals achieve highly available medical imaging systems...
High Availability
The dangers of not having a high availability setup for your load balancer — as well as your applications!
Why do you need TWO load balancers?..
WAF
Handling large requests with a Web Application Firewall (WAF) while avoiding Denial of Service (DoS) attacks
Sometimes, we need to pass unusually large HTTP requests through our WAF stack...
Media
Why load balancing will be a key (albeit hidden) component of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee
The focus will very much be on re-living all that's happened to the royal family in those 70 years. But that means digging deep into the media archives.....
HAProxy
How to rate limit with HAProxy Stick Tables and the WAF
A while ago I was asked if it would be possible to apply some general rate limiting in HAProxy and the WAF, in order to help prevent DOS-style attacks on a customer's servers...
Security
What can we learn from the recent F5 security vulnerability?
F5 recently announced a critical security vulnerability, allowing an attacker to bypass its iControl REST authentication, and execute commands such as creating or deleting files and disabling services...
Media
Why Chris Moyles' nod to load balancing makes him an official #ADCHero!
On May 11th 2022, I was listening to the awesome Chris Moyles Show, on Radio when a site they were using crashed while they were on air...
High Availability
How to set up email notifications on your Loadbalancer.org appliance
Email notifications are a great way of alerting you to any changes or issues within your load balancer or high availability cluster...
How-tos
When is it right to SSL offload?
It's a fair question, right? Let's take away the strain of SSL terminations from our application servers and let the load balancers deal with it. After all, why would we want to bog down our nifty application with network-level considerations?..
High Availability
What's the point of load balancing?
Load balancing? Say what?! Got 2 mins to get your head around the concept? Your time starts....now!..