Unless your job encompasses application availability or delivery, you may not be aware of what load balancing is, what it does, or whether it is even a necessary component. As to the last part of that statement, the answer is simple: It is absolutely necessary. In today’s demanding online world, load balancing helps to ensure […]
There are numerous load balancing algorithms employed by the Total Uptime Cloud Platform to determine which service to select for the redirection of client requests. Getting to know more about each will help in choosing the best method for your load balancing needs. Where to find the setting in the panel Methods Least Connection When […]
Persistence or Affinity is a function of load balancing where connections will be routed to the same device (service) based upon the criteria selected. Sometimes this is referred to session stickiness as well. This is configured in the load balancing dialog for your config/pack. Each persistence type has a time-out value which will keep the […]
Controlling traffic is a key facet of internet management. Sometimes primary connections will go down. Or too much traffic may cause congested links or overwhelmed devices to become unusable. We wrote about the implementation of load balancing in the cloud in a 2017 blog post. When people think of load balancing, they usually think about traffic that […]
Method: DELETE URI: /ALF/Pac/{ALFPacId}/RemoveLoadBalancer/{LoadBalancerId} This method will remove the load balancing profile from a Pack. This can only be completed if 1 or no servers are within the Server Group.
Method: PUT URI: /ALF/Pac/{ALFPacId}/AddLoadBalancer/{LoadBalancerId} This method will attach a load balancing profile to the load balancer within an Pack. It is mandatory that a profile be attached prior to adding more than one server to a Pack within the […]
Method: GET URI: /ALF/LoadBalance/Policy/All This method will retrieve a list of all Load Balancer policies currently configured. While only one policy can be applied to the load balancer within a Pack at once, our system allows for multiple policies […]
Everyone in the IT business has heard of load balancing, but many don’t know much about it. Even technology professionals who are familiar with the concept may know little about how it works. A brief introduction to the subject of load balancing and its development will help to round out our IT education. Why Load […]
Keeping up with the pace of ever the changing world of IT today is a challenge. It can be like trying to drink from a fire hydrant. You can drown in the overwhelming constant barrage of information and technological advancement. For that reason, it is not unusual for today’s IT managers to be unfamiliar with […]
The quick answer: Sorry, this is not yet possible. We receive requests on occasion where users have limited public IP space and have worked around that by placing different servers behind the same IP, but using different ports. For example, Server A might have the IP 1.2.3.4 with a service on port 81. Server B […]