We do! The feature you’re probably looking for is called Geo Weighting. This is the modern and improved version of GEO Proximity routing, traditionally called Global Server Load Balancing. If you’re looking for a way to route a distributed audience (whether in the USA or around the world), the Geo Weighting feature is probably what […]
What is it? And how can you implement it? SHORTCUT: If you just want to get to the part about configuring GSLB in the Total Uptime panel, skip to it here! Global Server Load Balancing (GSLB) or GEO Load Balancing is in hot demand, perhaps now more than ever before. Placing content as close as […]
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 […]
September’s release includes the usual bug fixes (many of which we do not list since they are minor, and often customer’s haven’t found them yet) plus other features and enhancements. Here are the major items included in this code update. Dashboard Widget Values: We corrected a bug for the dashboard widgets where they would occasionally […]
Our awesome development team has been stuck at home for the last several weeks due to COVID-19 and have worked very hard to add a lot of new functionality and address a few bugs. Below you’ll find a summary of the most important updates included in this version: GEO Weighting: We released a long awaited […]
High availability is the nirvana of network engineers. When everything is humming, monitoring screens are green, and no notifications are in their inbox, network managers can spend time dreaming about how big their Christmas bonuses might be this year. But an unforeseen problem can interrupt their dreams and pop their bubbles at any given moment. […]
Your network is everything. At least it seems that way. You can offer the most wonderful services in the world, but if your customer can’t access them, you’re dead in the water. Let’s face it. Most businesses suffer when the internet goes down, or when critical network services are not available. You’ve probably experienced the […]
Despite whatever bad news you read in this article, we encourage you to remain positive. It’s just human nature to have a curious interest in the calamities of others. So if that’s what gives you your kicks, feel free to enjoy our 2nd annual dispatch on some of the most interesting outages of the past […]
Faster is not necessarily better. The push to launch new applications and services as quickly as possibly can cost you in the long run. A 2013 Gartner study predicted that ineffective software release management would cause 80% of production environment incidents in large organizations in the next few years. If keeping your network or applications […]
As much as we like data, it’s very easy to become lost in it. But what if you could see the whole picture? That’s the idea behind internet tracking dashboards. They come in all shapes and sizes. Some are used only to demonstrate the global reach of internet security services, while others can provide useful, […]