Ebook: Load balancing servers, firewalls, and caches

Load Balancing Servers, Firewalls, and Caches; TABLE OF CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Server Load Balancing: Basic Concepts; Chapter 3 Server Load Balancing: Advanced Concepts; Chapter 4 Network Design with Load Balancers; Chapter 5 Global Server Load Balancing; Chapter 6 Load-Balancing Firewalls; Chapter 7 Load-Balancing Caches; Chapter 8 Application Examples; Chapter 9 The Future of Load-Balancing Technology; Appendix Standard Reference; References; Index.;Load balancers are fast becoming an indispensable solution for handling the huge traffic demands of the Web. Their ability to solve a multitude of network and server bottlenecks in the Internet age ranges from dramatic improvements in server farm scalability to removing the firewall as a network bottleneck. This book provides a detailed, up-to-date, technical discussion of this fast-growing, multi-billion dollar market, covering the full spectrum of topics from server and firewall load balancing to transparent cache switching to global server load balancing.