| Rev | Author | # | Line |
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| 1 | PerryLorier | 1 | [Acronym] for __G__lobal __S__erver __L__oad __B__alancing |
| 2 | |||
| 4 | AristotlePagaltzis | 3 | Load balancing for multiple [PoP]s/sites, trying to give users closer access to the content. Usually done by a NameServer that also knows about the load on the [PoP]s, so that it can swing traffic to the one which is loaded least, similar to an [L4] switch. |
| 1 | PerryLorier | 4 | |
| 4 | AristotlePagaltzis | 5 | This is different from RoundRobin [DNS] using multiple A ResourceRecord~s. It tries to be intelligent about sending connections to locations with low load. Akamai, f.ex., uses a combination of [GSLB] with [DNS], ping, traceroute, and [BGP]. |
| 3 | LinNah | 6 | |
| 4 | AristotlePagaltzis | 7 | ! See also: |
| 8 | * [Why DNS Based Global Server Load Balancing (GSLB) Doesn’t Work | http://tenereillo.com/GSLBPageOfShame.htm] |
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