Processor Editorial Article - Load Balancing Hardware:
"Load Balancing Hardware: Deal With Heavy Loads On Web Servers, Application Servers & Network Traffic
While some companies would love to have the problem of heavy traffic on their Web site, those that do have to either deal with it or lose business. Nothing turns Internet shoppers away faster than a slow Web site. The same goes for a company-wide application that takes forever to return the information you’re looking for.
Load balancing is a generic term used to describe a combination of hardware and software designed to distribute network or application traffic evenly across the available resources. Choosing the right hardware depends a lot on what problem you’re trying to fix. While most of the vendors will sell you a system that will help with a pure network or Web traffic problem, they all take a slightly different approach."
