Tag: ADC
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Load Balancing
The above GIF shows a simplified Round-Robin load balancing method. In this load balancing method, the load balancer doesn’t care about the number of connections that are being handled by the server. The 1st connection is sent to the 1st server, 2nd connection to 2nd server and 3rd connection […]
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Questions to consider – Buying an ADC
These are some of the questions that you would want to analyze and answer before thinking about buying an ADC: What is the load requirement ? This is defined in terms of maximum number of concurrent or simultaneous connections/requests that an ADC can handle. Another factor to consider is the rate of connections/requests. If your […]
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Load Balancers & ADC
An ADC is placed in the Data Center, closer to the Servers. ADC provides a single point of access for the clients that request information. Application Delivery Controller (ADC) is the newer, fancier and more relevant term for Load Balancers. Although people refer to ADC as just a “Marketing Term”, ADCs certainly provide enhanced functionality […]