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    Contents

    Contents

    About the Authors

    About the Technical Reviewers

    Special Thanks to serverlove

    Acknowledgments

    Preface


    imagesChapter 1: Introduction

    The Problem

    The Solution

    What Is Load Balancing?

    Load Balancing, Old Style

    Load Balancing, New Style

    Scaling Up

    Scaling Out

    Load Balancing, Finally

    What Makes the Web Tick?

    Caching: Warp Drive for Your Web Site

    Load Balancing with DNS

    Content Delivery Networks

    Proper Planning Prevents Pretty Poor Performance

    The Essentials

    HTTP Load Balancing

    Load Balancing Your Database

    Load Balancing Your Network Connection

    SSL Load Balancing

    Clustering for High Availability

    Load Balancing in the Cloud

    IPv6: Implementation and Concepts

    Where To Go Next

    Summary

    imagesChapter 2: How Web Sites Work

    Let the Games Commence!

    Coming from a Non-IT Background


      

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