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Insights from the load balancer experts

High Availability

Things to consider when buying a load balancer

There are a whole host of factors that will influence your choice. However, what I've tried to do here is pull together some key questions you'll need to think about, based on my personal experience, to help you articulate what you need...
Automation

Using Grafana with your Loadbalancer.org appliance

How many times have you looked at the HAProxy report and thought, what on earth is this all about?! What are the busiest times on my Loadbalancer? Which Real Server is busy? How much traffic is going through my VIPs?..
Performance

What transceiver do I need for my load balancer?

Transceivers are known by many names: combination transmitters/receivers, optical transceivers, optics, fiber optic transceivers, Gigabit Interface Converters (GBICS), 'that bit you plug into your fiber port'...