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Spreading the work load of a task over several servers in a fashion that the user doesn't notice. An example would be a high traffic website spreading the requests over a cluster of application servers. |
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This can be achieved through the use of commercial products like CiscoDirector or OpenSource free products like LinuxDirector (part of the LinuxVirtualServer project) or ModBackhand. |
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They mostly work at different levels of the ISO model (ie, TCP connections or HTTP requests) and all have disadvantages and advantages. |
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Commonly combined with HighAvailability. |
