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Optimizing data storage: Using content-length headers to solve the 'small objects problem'
Small workloads can sometimes create a unique set of problems that are hard to solve.
Insights from the load balancer experts
F5 / Citrix / Kemp
How to set up and manage an F5 in the ADC Portal
As an F5 engineer, they asked me to test the product and share my honest thoughts...
F5 / Citrix / Kemp
How to connect and manage a Citrix NetScaler in the Loadbalancer ADC Portal
As a NetScaler specialist, they asked me to test the product and share my honest thoughts...
How-tos
How to master SSL termination in HAProxy: considerations and configurations
SSL/TLS termination is the most regularly implemented kind of SSL/TLS offload...
Storage
Optimizing data storage: Using content-length headers to solve the 'small objects problem'
Small workloads can sometimes create a unique set of problems that are hard to solve...
How-tos
IPv6 and Loadbalancer.org: Finally making friends with those impossibly long addresses
With 2^128 possible addresses, IPv6 is basically the networking equivalent of having infinite closet space...
F5 / Citrix / Kemp
How to set up and manage an F5 in the ADC Portal
As an F5 engineer, they asked me to test the product and share my honest thoughts...
Storage
Load balancing Weka is no longer optional — the new normal is 100X faster
Within the space of a few years our customers are demanding increases in performance and capacity — not just 10X, but 100X!..
Direct Server Return
The complete guide to Layer 4 load balancing: How it works, when to use, and how to configure
Layer 4 load balancing is a quick way of distributing application or network traffic across multiple servers...
Automation
Unlocking the power of Endurance: A beginner's API guide for smarter load balancing
We asked ourselves: how can we make our load balancers not just a component, but a fully integrated part of a modern, automated environment?..
Automation
Building Endurance: A load balancer with a clear purpose
Get the inside story on why Endurance was created. Our Enterprise platform served us well, but modern infrastructure demands more...
Microsoft
Microsoft NLB is finally going End of Life — so what next?!
Microsoft NLB is rumoured to be going End of Life. If you’re still using it, now is the perfect time to consider a smarter alternative...
WAF
Extending the ModSecurity WAF, with Denial Of Service protection — using HAProxy
Our long time partner Metaswitch, desperately needed to stop brute force login attacks on the enterprise phone system that they supply to large telecom companies...
Security
A simple Citrix SSO replacement; with Okta, Apache and OpenID Connect
This setup allows you to leverage the power of a centralized identity management system to secure your web apps, while maintaining the flexibility and performance you expect...
Storage
The MSP guide to rate limiting Hitachi Vantara object storage with HAProxy
When you're providing object storage as a shared service, rate limits help ensure that no single user or application can overwhelm the system...
Healthcare
Help! Our legacy modalities are awesome — but they don't understand DNS!
Connecting remote sites to central data centers necessitates GSLB. But implementation for legacy modalities isn't straightforward...
F5 / Citrix / Kemp
How to connect and manage a Citrix NetScaler in the Loadbalancer ADC Portal
As a NetScaler specialist, they asked me to test the product and share my honest thoughts...
High Availability
How application delivery helps avoid travel disruption
Application Delivery Controllers help get me from A to B without incident in so many ways...
How-tos
How to raise a support ticket like a pro: A guide for faster resolution
Imagine explaining the issue to a friend. Be specific. Instead of "The system isn't working," tell us what you're trying to do and what happens instead...
HAProxy
How to configure HAProxy's Proxy Protocol with Squid
A customer asked me the other day how to set up Squid Proxy Protocol on their Loadbalancer appliance...
GSLB
Complete guide to DNS load balancing: Choosing the right method for your applications
DNS is a naming convention that translates human-readable web addresses into IP-addresses, and vice versa...
Comparisons
Load balancer migration: The F5 alternative turning heads
If you're an F5 customer thinking of moving to an alternative, then you're not alone...
How-tos
A comprehensive guide to log monitoring with ModSecurity and HAProxy
With numerous options available, choosing and configuring the right tool can be daunting...
HAProxy
How to limit connections with HAProxy, iptables or nftables
The app I was dealing with wouldn't allow me to rate limit the total number of connections going through it...
Comparisons
Load balancer migration: The Citrix NetScaler alternative making waves
Citrix customers have been jumping ship in their hundreds, if not thousands, to this lesser-known competitor...
How to add SAML to your ADC Portal account
Note, SAML can only be added by the ADC Portal Admin for your Organization...
Microsoft
A comprehensive guide to setting up and using Always On VPN (AOVPN)
Always On VPN (AOVPN) provides a seamless always-on connection that boosts security and the user experience...
Security
Why load balance Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) solutions?
SIEM is an organizational octopus, if you will, of log collection, with a tentacle in every corner...