Slow response times and freeze ups are common problems associated with websites that reside on a single server. It may take no more than a fleeting traffic surge to bring down these sites and put business processes to a halt. Server load balancing eliminates these problems by distributing the work of a single server to multiple servers thus improving performance, and response times.

Our siteBalance service optimises server resources against high network traffic and server loads by redirecting heavy traffic of access requests over multiple servers to avoid server overloading.

Foundry Networks' ServerIron Internet Web Switches provides high performance, Layer 2 through 7 switching, enabling network managers to control and manage today's exploding web transactions, web applications and e-Commerce traffic flows. ServerIron eases escalating Internet traffic overload, reduces the burden of server farm management, and allows the entire web facility to scale to its fullest potential.

Key Benefits and Features

Server Iron supports 4 major Internet traffic management applications:

• Reliable Server Load-balancing - load balance web traffic across multiple servers whilst continuously monitoring server, application and content health. This enhances overall reliability and availability of the services whilst simultaneously ensuring server farm accessibility.

• Global Server Load Balancing - distribute services transparently across multiple web sites and server farm locations and balance the traffic across those sites/servers on a global basis whilst monitoring web site/serer and application health. By directing the client to the best site for the fastest content delivery, ServerIron enhances overall web experience and reduces bandwidth costs.

• Firewall Load Balancing - distribute Internet traffic load across multiple firewalls, this increasing overall firewall throughput, performance and eliminating the firewall as a potential "single point of failure".

• Transparent Cache Switching - increase overall web caching solution resiliency by balancing web traffic across multiple caches in server farm.

Pricing

One-time setup: $500

Monthly: $500 for 2 ports/servers

* All prices quoted above are in AUD and exclusive of 10% GST