Loadbalancer.org glossary
HAProxy
What is HAProxy?
HAProxy is a free, very reliable, and fast, open source reverse-proxy, providing load balancing and proxying for TCP and HTTP applications.
It is extremely well suited for high-traffic websites, and has become the preferred open source load balancer, now shipped with most mainstream Linux distributions, and is often deployed by default in the cloud.
Further Reading
Blog:Open source versus proprietary load balancing
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Blog:Why HAProxy is far superior to a proprietary solution
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Blog:How to load balance Microsoft Dynamics using HAProxy
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Blog:HAProxy email alerts guide
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Blog:A modern Feedback Agent for HAProxy
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Blog:Breaking HAProxy with the help of a Spirent Avalanche
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