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Chapter 24. Availability, scalability, <strong>and</strong><br />

load balancing<br />

This chapter discusses the various availability, scalability, <strong>and</strong> load balancing<br />

techniques used within enterprises in an attempt to ensure continuous data flow<br />

<strong>and</strong> minimize outages.<br />

This chapter describes the following topics:<br />

► Availability<br />

► Scalability<br />

► Load balancing<br />

► Clustering<br />

► Virtualization<br />

► Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)<br />

► Round-robin DNS<br />

► Alternate solutions to load balancing<br />

24<br />

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