OK, "hidden" might be overstating it a bit, but the dashboard entry in the settings sidebar of Plex doesn't exactly stand out ...

Typical load balancers use Internet Control Message Protocol pings to check server health. Web Server Director Pro goes further by also performing IP and application-level checks.

Load balancing technologies also pertain to other domains, for instance spreading work among components such as network links, CPUs, or hard drives. This article focuses on server load balancing.

Figure 1. Load balancing on transport and application levels (click to enlarge) The application-level load balancer appears to the transport-level load balancer as a normal server.

Talking to vendors about load balancing Here are some of the features to ask about when shopping for load balancing tools that are scalable: The ability to collect detailed real-time statistics to use ...

Reverse proxy startup ngrok Inc. today debuted a GSLB, or global server load balancing, tool that promises to speed up application response times and reduce the risk of outages. The network ...