Tag Archives: Load Balancing

Balancing Traffic Across Data Centres Using LVS

The LVS (Linux Virtual Server) project was launched in 1998 and is meant to eliminate Single Point of Failures (SPOF). According to the linuxvirtualserver.org website: “LVS is a highly scalable and available server built on a cluster of real servers, … Continue reading

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Building A Highly-Available Web Server Cluster

nginx (pronounced as ‘engine x’) is a powerful HTTP Web server/reverse proxy and IMAP/POP3 reverse proxy. According to a survey conducted in December 2008 by Netcraft, nginx has grown significantly and has surpassed lighttpd (also known as Lighty). Because of … Continue reading

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