A load balancer takes requests, typically from the internet, and forwards the request to a server most able to service
the request in the least amount of time. Most appropiate for larger ecommerce or high traffic sites, this technology is a must for high-reliability high-traffic applications.
- Supports SSL acceleration
- Intellegent packet forwarding based on L7 request for HTTP and HTTPS
- More granular control than other more expensive solutions
- Runs on many Linux variants including RHEL, Fedora, Gentoo
- Balancing configurable as round-robin, least-busy, highest-capacity-available with shortest-route factoring for all servers
- This product is currently in beta test. Learn more here.