Malcolm Turnbull, Co-Founder of Loadbalancer.org, is a foundational authority with 20+ years of uptime industry experience. As the original engineer, his expertise is based on championing open-source load balancing (HAProxy/LVS) to deliver clever, not complex, solutions. He provides deep, technical insight on high-availability, performance optimization, security, and software development philosophies. He also loves to play devil’s advocate in any conversation!
When you're providing object storage as a shared service, rate limits help ensure that no single user or application can overwhelm the system...
I couldn't agree more with David Bressler's fundamental point about jobs to be done and how companies often fail to solve the real problem for customers...
Once the Portal has a correctly configured Shuttle, it is then able to securely communicate with your Kemp...
We've had a few concerned customers asking about the Google disclosure of the recent huge DDoS attack, and the potential underlying vulnerability in some HTTP/2 servers...
Celebrating 20 years of clever, not complex, high availability solutions...
Cloudian recently announced its new HyperBalance product, a highly customized OEM version of the Loadbalancer Enterprise ADC...
Network Security devices such as firewalls, WAF, SWG, IPS etc. are often deployed inline with bridge mode., which has two major problems...
Controversial advice for anyone thinking of moving from HAProxy to a proprietary load balancer...
With a big, powerful and expensive ADC load balancer, there can be a strong temptation to load balance multiple applications – but when uptime is critical, could it become a single point of failure?..
Whether your organization is starting a slow return to normality or still working within enforced restrictions – we’re as committed as ever to keeping your business flowing during this period of uncertainty...
I didn't ask anything about the load balancer's features, because we already know the market is mature and I have no unusual requirements. I also didn't ask about the load balancer's maximum performance...
The primary function of a load balancer is to keep your application running with no downtime. It is an invaluable tool for systems architects, and it has the benefit of being pretty simple to understand...
