There are several solutions for balancing the load of web applications. There are several Application load balancing softwares available.
There are a variety of reasons for a computer service not loading a page. One of these reasons could be because the application balancing is off.
Depends on the application. If it's cross-site load balancing, the Altion has the lead. If you are looking internal and for price for performance, theCISCO/ Linksys RV-series is your best bet.
There is an excellent PDF breakdown of server load balancing at [url]http://www.radharc.com/whitepapers/Server_Load_Balancing.pdf[/url]. Also, check out the white paper associated with this Linux article: [url]http://www.linux-mag.com/id/4136[/url]. There is a good website for server load balancing. The address is http://content.websitegear.com/article/load_balance.htm. It offers a good introduction to server load balancing.
Yes there is such a thing as a multi WAN with load balancing. They use the load balancing to prevent the network from being overloaded.
The load load balancing solution is recommeneded on linux based servers although not necessary it will improve load performace.
Load balancing uses multiple hardware devices to make tasks more efficient. Also, using load balancing increases system speed
Kenmore have washers that are load balancing. They are great to have, however are really expensive when it comes to repairs and they are easy to break down. Zenprise(r) Service Manager is a large system solution. Otherwise a simple use of a DNS round robin method of load balancing, all of the nodes in the cluster are exposed to the net Hardware solutions are sufficient for small systems.
You can find internet load balancing products at http://www.xroadsnetworks.com/. If you want to read more about load balancing check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Load_balancing_(computing)
BIG-IP is an Application Delivery Networking system. It provides such services as load balancing, web acceleration, access control, and traffic management.
It is expandable to multiple Web servers and application servers to handle load balancing.
DNS load balancing is defined to be spreading the load of people on a certain website accross multiple survers if one does not suffice. One can find more information about DNS load balancing on sites like Zytrax and Splux.