Occasionally certain applications that proxy through the ADC-as-a-Service platform will encounter timeout issues. This happens primarily with long-lived connections, such as file downloads over http (TCP port 80) or https (TCP port 443) as well as SSH or SFTP connections, typically over TCP port 22. Solving these timeout issues is generally pretty simple, but diagnosing […]
Total Uptime’s DNS Failover automation is a powerful way of increasing availability for any type of web-based service or application that is accessible via multiple IP addresses. Some examples include: An application behind two or more different ISP links Two or more servers at the same or different sites Two or more cloud or hosting […]
Yes, the Total Uptime cloud load balancer can distribute traffic to traditional FTP servers. To properly configure FTP for the highest possible throughput, there are only a few steps you need to follow. Configure your server to allow all TCP traffic from our load balancer IP addresses. You can find a list of IP addresses […]
As we talk to people during the week, we periodically make suggestions for using Cloud Load Balancing or Failover that are often met with surprise, such as “Oh, I didn’t know it could be used for that”. So we thought it might be helpful to compile a list of 8 potential uses. Of course, it […]
NOTE: This article covers obtaining the original client IP for logging purposes. If you need to obtain it for use in your code, check out this article. Because the Total Uptime ADC-as-a-Service acts as a proxy between the client and your device or server(s), you will no longer see the client’s IP address but one […]