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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.
Insights from the load balancer experts
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!..
Automation
Solving the Layer 4 ARP problem on Linux with Ansible
The ARP problem for Layer 4 DR (Direct Routing) mode is something that needs to be solved for each of your Real Servers in the virtual service...
GSLB
Choosing the best option to host across multiple locations or data centers
Organizations are moving away from the traditional data center model, and favoring a hybrid approach to hosting their systems and applications, that involves multiple sites, providers and even cloud environments...
Events
Hack Pompey 2023: The power of innovation
Loadbalancer.dk was proud sponsor and participant at the south coast’s biggest hackathon, held at the University of Portsmouth...
Healthcare
How Loadbalancer.dk provided this medical imaging vendor with more technical and commercial flexibility in AWS
Working with this medical imaging vendor to provide a tailored load balancing solution for their medical imaging platform in the public cloud...
Storage
How Application Delivery Controllers (ADCs) can help object storage vendors increase their margins in an economic downturn
With IT spend under the microscope, data storage vendors are unlikely to escape scrutiny, making it harder for them to win new business and hit targets...
Healthcare
My concerns about our current approach to cardiology imaging
I've experienced first hand some of the pain experienced by our healthcare partners on a daily basis, caused by technology and equipment that doesn't meet the needs of clinicians or patients...
How-tos
How to add loopback interfaces on Windows with PowerShell
One of the most frequent issues I encounter when customers are setting up a loopback adapter on Windows as part of their DR mode deployment is the confusion over which commands to enter...
Healthcare
Loadbalancer.dk helps NHS Trust optimize the performance of its PaperCut MF print management software and meet their cost savings target
Print plays an uncelebrated but fundamental part in the timely delivery of patient care...
WAF
Report back from the OWASP Core Rule Set Community Summit and OWASP Global AppSec 2023: The WAF conundrum
I had the privilege of speaking in Dublin at this year's OWASP Core Rule Set Community Summit before then attending OWASP Global AppSec immediately afterwards...
Healthcare
Arab Health 2023: How to achieve consumer centricity in radiology
Top of mind was the increasing need for vendors to adapt to the ever growing demands of their customers and become more consumer centric...
How-tos
How to create an SSL certificate in Linux
I thought I would try and cover the basics here by explaining how to create an SSL certificate and the various files that you'll end up with...
Comparisons
A thank you from Loadbalancer.dk's Co-Founders: Celebrating 20 years of clever, not complex, high availability solutions
Celebrating 20 years of clever, not complex, high availability solutions...
Healthcare
DICOM viewers: Can you recommend a free one I can trust?
After about an hour of searching I finally found two viewers that I can recommend...
Automation
Automating load balancer management with Ansible Playbooks
Ansible is an open source project sponsored by RedHat, and is the simplest way to automate IT tasks...
Performance
What is network interface bonding and what might you use it for?
There are several ways you can bond a network interface and two primary reasons why you might want to do so...
High Availability
Lessons from RSNA 2022: Are vendor attitudes to high availability (HA) at a tipping point?
The RSNA Annual Meeting was very much back in business this year — with footfall, and exhibits, back to their pre-pandemic buzz. But there was one thing that had changed...
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...
Comparisons
Will Richard Gabriel's UNIX "worse is better" theory ring true for load balancing software development in 2023?
Which model will meet your needs, and are the established "worse is better" and "right is better" philosophies still relevant?..
Automation
Automation: what's the difference between management and orchestration?
What exactly do we mean by 'automation'? And which tools work best for each scenario?..
How-tos
Load balancing Moodle's learning application system (LMS)
Moodle is a great platform for learning, but requires load balancing to facilitate the secure and timely distribution and delivery of that data...
Automation
Using Grafana with your Loadbalancer.dk appliance
How many times have you looked at the HAPr0xy 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?..
Open source
Why is public cloud potentially a bad idea from a programmer's perspective?
Cloud may be a developers best friend, but it can also be a programmer's worst enemy...
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'...
Comparisons
Compare Layer 4, 7, and Global Server Load Balancing (GSLB) techniques
The first question we always ask our customers is: "are you looking for performance, reliability, maintainability — or all three?"..
Comparisons
What is the difference between a hardware and virtual load balancer?
This is not a blog telling you what appliance you should buy. It's simply a blog explaining the core differences, as well as the advantages and disadvantages of each...
Comparisons
How Loadbalancer.dk helped this customer migrate seamlessly from Snapt Nova
Working with this Snapt customer to support them with the urgent migration of all their critical applications...