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  1. questionLoad Balancer Caveats.
    Due to the nature of a Proxy load balancer, the source IP of the client request comes from the IP of the load balancer. This will affect log statistical programs and other applications that look at the source IP for obtaining client information. SoftLayer provides a solution to correctly re-writ ...

  2. questionCan I load balance servers that are behind a firewall?
    Yes, in proxy mode your servers can live anywhere and as long as you can get to the real port you are load balancing, a firewall can be used with this service.

  3. questionHow much does it cost to load balance?
    Load Balancers are priced based on connections per second. Sites with small amounts of traffic can start on our lowest package: $49.99 per month for 50 connections per second. Other packages are: $99.99 per month for 100 connections per second $199.99 per month for 200 connections per second $49 ...

  4. questionHow do I keep my web data in sync?
    Customers are responsible for maintaining data consistence between real servers. Softlayer provides a private network which can enable you synchronize without incurring usage charges.

  5. questionCan I load balance a database?
    Because of the dynamic nature of Databases such as MySQL and MS-SQL load balancing is not recommended at this time.

  6. questionWhat services can be load balanced?
    The most common ones are ports like HTTP (80), HTTPS (443), FTP (21), DNS (53), POP3 (110), and SMTP (25). Any service can be load balanced, however.

  7. questionWhat types of LB does SL offer?
    • Round Robin o Each new request would be assigned to order of the servers in rotation. (no persistence) • Least Connections o This metric tells the Load balancer to select the real server with the fewest number of active connections. (no persistence) • Shortest Response o The ...

  8. questionHow long does it take to install a load balancer?
    Load balancers should be installed and available for your configure about five minutes after purchase.

  9. questionHow do I update rules to the load balancer?
    You may update your load balancer from the customer portal. Load Balancer management can be found under the “Public Network” heading.

  10. questionWhat kind of Load Balancing hardware does SL use?
    Softlayer uses a hardware appliances manufactured by Array Networks. http://www.arraynetworks.net/entry.asp?PageID=127

  11. questionLoad Balancer Overview
    Load balancing is a way to distribute processing and communications evenly across multiple servers so that no single device is overwhelmed. Load balancing is especially important for networks where it's difficult to predict the number of requests that will be issued to a server. Busy Web sites ...

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