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Hardening HashiCorp Vault with load balancing for always-on security
In a production environment, Vault downtime isn't just a security risk — it’s a total operational hard-stop...
Nick Hawkins-Booth
Hardening HashiCorp Vault with load balancing for always-on security
In a production environment, Vault downtime isn't just a security risk — it’s a total operational hard-stop...
Security
High Availability
Open source
Damian Pacuszka
What's the best cloud load balancer? AWS, Azure, GCP, Cloudflare, or a third-party alternative?
Choosing the right load balancer is about much more than just moving traffic...
GSLB
High Availability
Performance
Nick Hawkins-Booth
Architecting the perfect Christmas? A Highly Available light display!
In my household, only 100% uptime will do!..
High Availability
Nick Hawkins-Booth
How to load balance a MariaDB Galera Cluster for performance and HA using LVS & Ldirectord
While a single MariaDB server might suffice for your application's backend, a MariaDB Galera Cluster offers significant advantages, making it a far superior solution...
Storage
Layer 4
Direct Server Return
Damian Pacuszka
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...
AWS / Azure / GCP
High Availability
GSLB
Kyle Clinton
How application delivery helps avoid travel disruption
Application Delivery Controllers help get me from A to B without incident in so many ways...
High Availability
Teodor Dodita
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...
Microsoft
How-tos
High Availability
Joe Robinson
The ultimate guide to Global Server Load Balancing (GSLB): Benefits, uses, and configurations
Global Server Load Balancing (GSLB) enables you to distribute internet or corporate network traffic across servers in multiple locations, anywhere in the world...
GSLB
Storage
High Availability
Malcolm Turnbull
No one wants a backup — what they really need is guaranteed recovery
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...
Automation
High Availability
Damian Pacuszka
What's the difference between load balancer node roles and states, and how do they contribute to high availability?
Understanding node states and roles both contribute in their own unique ways to achieving high availability...
High Availability
Joshua Turnbull
Active/active load balancing for N+1 redundancy and > 1Tbps of throughput
I've been repeatedly asked how our load balancers scale. So, I have decided to write down your options for endlessly scalable, high-performance load balancing...
GSLB
High Availability
Performance
Dave Saunders
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?..
High Availability