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HAProxy Enterprise Edition vs Progress Kemp LoadMaster: A no-fluff engineer comparison
They might share a similar feature checklist, but they're engineered for entirely different audiences...
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Comparisons
Compare load balancing vendors and techniques to make the right choice. Get honest, in-depth comparisons of Loadbalancer.org vs. F5, Citrix, and Kemp on price, features, and complexity, plus guides comparing Layer 4, 7, and GSLB methods for new deployments.
Andrew Zak
Will Richard Gabriel's UNIX "worse is better" theory ring true for load balancing software development in 2023?
Which model will meet your needs, and are the established "worse is better" and "right is better" philosophies still relevant?..
Comparisons
Dave Saunders
Compare Layer 4, 7, and Global Server Load Balancing (GSLB) techniques
The first question we always ask our customers is: "are you looking for performance, reliability, maintainability — or all three?"..
Comparisons
High Availability
GSLB
Richard Halcrow
What is the difference between a hardware and virtual load balancer?
This is not a blog telling you what appliance you should buy. It's simply a blog explaining the core differences, as well as the advantages and disadvantages of each...
Comparisons
Joshua Turnbull
How Loadbalancer.org helped this customer migrate seamlessly from Snapt Nova
Working with this Snapt customer to support them with the urgent migration of all their critical applications...
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Jake Borman
Tailoring — The modern way to make your product indestructible
Growing customer demands are forcing technology providers to reconsider their approach to high availability and scalability...
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High Availability
Aaron West
How many network ports do you need on a hardware load balancer?
The only real reason for separate network ports is physical redundancy. Because the other primary reason (security segregation) can be easily implemented using VLANs...
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How-tos
Malcolm Turnbull
Does Niagara Networks have the answer to scaling Secure Web Gateways all the way up to 100G?
Network Security devices such as firewalls, WAF, SWG, IPS etc. are often deployed inline with bridge mode., which has two major problems...
Security
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Lea Friend
Are you crazy to buy a hardware load balancer? Maybe not...
There’s no doubt that the software adoption trend for load balancers is increasing - and the likelihood is that this will continue. After all, it makes sense right?..
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Performance
Oliver Warren
Scared of moving away from an F5 load balancer?
We've had a lot of frustrated F5 customers talk to us recently about the pain they are suffering,..
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F5 / Citrix / Kemp
Oliver Warren
Can you mismatch hardware and virtual appliances for high availability?
This question came up here the other day and, while I do not recommend this approach, I thought it would be worth exploring in a blog post, explaining when and how it could be done...
High Availability
Comparisons
Richard Halcrow
How to get the most out of your FREE TRIAL: successfully evaluating a load balancer
How do you successfully evaluate a load balancer? We’ve compiled some of the key considerations when trialling any new software product…..
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Aaron West
Load balancer migration: Does your F5 migration need a Jenga consultant?
Look, let’s make this very clear, we love F5, we think they are awesome, the best ADC in the market. But sometimes they make you want to cry!..
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