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Multi-AZ resilience: Why the recent AWS outage shows you need it
Don't wait for the next outage to expose gaps in your critical architecture.
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...
High Availability
Do you really need 5 different ways to back up a load balancer?
Well, do you? After all, everyone likes to have choices, don't they?..
How-tos
What is Stunnel and how do you configure it?
Here is another example of a more “exotic” Stunnel configuration. Most people, and rightly so, will ask “but why?”. Well, because we can!..
Have you actually tested that you can restore your Kemp LoadMaster backup?
OK, so I probably should have read the manual first... But what kind of engineer does that?!..
Troubleshooting F5 BIG-IP update issues
F5 BIG-IP is a great product, with great features. The flip side of this, however, is that its complexity means it can require specialist skills to successfully update...
F5 / Citrix / Kemp
How to backup an F5 BIG-IP, without falling victim to some of the potential pitfalls
F5 BIG-IP is a great product, with great features. The flip side of this, however, is that its complexity means it can require specialist skills to successfully deploy and maintain...
F5 / Citrix / Kemp
How to manage all your load balancers from one simple web based platform
We're super excited to announce the expansion of our portfolio, offering a broader range of Application Delivery solutions; namely our new, vendor-agnostic Application Delivery Platform, the Loadbalancer ADC Portal...
Comparisons
Load balancer migration: F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) i2600 alternatives
There are so many benefits to moving away from the F5 LTM i2600, you'd be crazy not to at least explore your options...
Why are customers switching from VMware NSX to dedicated application load balancers?
The cost and complexity of NSX may mean it is no longer fit for purpose...
How does the Loadbalancer ADC Portal securely connect to your network?
With mTLS, the client is required to present its certificate to the server (and visa versa). Hence mutual certificate authentication occurs. This double layer of authentication provides an additional layer of protection against impersonation attacks...
Healthcare
How to secure high availability for smaller-scale medical imaging PACS deployments
In the world of medical imaging, where Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) solutions are vital for the storage and management of critical medical imaging data, high availability, even in smaller-scale environments, is imperative...
Performance
How to enable single root I/O virtualization (SR-IOV) for high-performance load balancing
The single root I/O virtualization (SR-IOV) interface is an extension to the PCI Express (PCIe) specification. SR-IOV allows a device, such as a network adapter, to separate access to its resources among various PCIe hardware functions...
Storage
Announcing Loadbalancer.org's new partnership with HPE GreenLake
Loadbalancer is frequently recommended by HPE, mainly because they are less complex and easier to work with than some other providers. They add value right from the discovery stage, all the way through to implementation and maintenance...
Comparisons
What load balancer? Compare F5, Citrix, A10, Radware, NGINX, HAProxy Enterprise, AVI Networks, Progress Kemp, and Loadbalancer.org
At the very least, this blog should save you hours of Googling!..
Application Management
Tired of managing large-scale ADC infrastructure? Suffer no more!
Managing lots of disparate load balancers is a complete pain, and an increasing risk to application delivery...
Security
What does HTTPS mean? A beginner's guide
TLS/SSL encryption of your HTTPS data brings a number of significant benefits, leading to a trusted user experience...
F5 / Citrix / Kemp
The pitfalls of backing up and restoring a Citrix NetScaler, and how to overcome them
Citrix NetScaler is a great product, with great features. The flip side of this, however, is that its complexity means it can require specialist skills to successfully deploy and maintain...
F5 / Citrix / Kemp
How to update a Citrix NetScaler, and problems to watch out for
Maintenance, features, or a CVE are all good reasons to upgrade your NetScaler appliance. However, as with any complex task undertaken for the first time, it can get a little confusing...
HAProxy
HAProxy reverse proxy: the what, when, and how
Perplexed by proxy?! Ruffled by reverse proxy?! We’ve all been there. Honestly, sometimes I think the language we use makes things sound way more complicated than they actually are...
Security
Why you don't need to worry about the novel HTTP/2 ‘Rapid Reset’ DDoS attack (CVE-2023-44487)
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...
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...
A Loadbalancer, object storage, and Veeam partner alliance for superior data protection
Data protection is focused on making sure that data remains available and immutable — even after a cybersecurity attack, or system failure. This prevents data loss and facilitates data recovery...
Comparisons
Seamless migration: From Citrix NetScaler to Loadbalancer Enterprise in 3 easy steps
I built a parallel Loadbalancer Enterprise configuration alongside the existing Citrix NetScaler load balancer...
Healthcare
Why 1/4 of NHS trusts use our load balancers
The urgent need for digitalization, connectivity, and service transformation is putting huge strain on an already overwhelmed NHS...
Storage
How can I super-charge my object storage solutions with load balancing?
Loadbalancer.org worked with this commercial bank to deliver a highly available, resilient, and scalable HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric object storage solution...