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Like most things these days, modern atmospheric science is all about big data. Whether it's an instrument flying in an aircraft taking sets of images several times a second and producing three ...

In windows server 2003 there is a feature built into the TCP/IP networking and IIS that allows for network load balaning to happen between two servers, without dedicated load balancing hardware e.g, ...

In-Depth Open 24 Hours: Load Balancing The proper level of load balancing services can ensure consistent availability of Web services. By Danielle Ruest and Nelson Ruest 04/01/2005 In today's world, ...

I'd like to hear some best practices / advice regarding MySQL clustering and replication.<BR><BR>We've looked into the mysql clustering engine and while it seems nice, everything is stored in RAM and, ...

Unfortunately, MySQL Proxy and its CentOS package are not well documented. It requires some ingenuity to configure it and get started. Here are some tips to aid you ...

Nothing is more important for an enterprise application than scalability and availability. Learn how to use clustering to meet both existing and future demands. Enterprise application (EA) architects ...

In this article, a commercial implementation of the Linux Virtual Server (LVS), developed by Wensong Zhang (see Resources), is discussed . The management cost of a web farm is a dominant portion of ...