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load balancers


Models
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Quote Request
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connection


A connection is established when one host contacts another host with the desire to send/receive information via the transport layer. First, the hosts establish connection, identifying one another and [..]
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connection-less protocol


Data transmission occurs between two hosts that have not previously set up a connection. This method can save bandwidth, but is more prone to errors than connection oriented protocols. See Packet Swit [..]
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dns


A Domain Name Server (DNS) resolves domain names to their equivalent IP addresses so that IP traffic can be transported to the correct destination. Each Domain Name (i.e., informationweek.com) is asso [..]
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domain name


See DNS.
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failover


If a network is equipped with redundant resources, such as mirrored servers or tandem load balancers, the secondary device can assume the duties of the primary should the primary fail. This can be don [..]
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fault tolerance


A network that is fully redundant and has maximum up-time is considered fault tolerant. In other words, should a component of the network fail, the network will continue processing requests and the fa [..]
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ftp


File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is based on TCP/IP and is used to transfer files from one site to another via the Internet or through a LAN or WAN. Host: A fancy word for a computer on a network. This in [..]
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http


Hypertext Transfer Protocol is the medium by which web pages (HTML documents) are distributed via the Internet. Some load balancers do an "HTTP poll" to determine server health on a network. [..]
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