Load Balancing

Load Balancing

What is Load Balancing?

Having just a single dedicated server to manage an increasing workload isn’t enough. You can't always plan for unexpected peaks in website traffic, so planning in advance about what could potentially go wrong will keep your website protected from dangers of extreme strain on your resources.

Load balancing will increase the performance and reliability of your website by balancing the workload of a single dedicated server over multiple servers in a cluster, reducing the amount of strain on a single piece of hardware. This will reduce the risk of downtime and increase the efficiency of your dedicated server.

In the event that your server fails, it works as a backup, as another server will then take the strain which means your service is unaffected.

• Maximum Availability - If there is a problem with one of the servers, it will be automatically removed from the server cluster until it is working correctly.
• Maximum Performance - If server maintenance is required, servers can be removed from the cluster without it affecting your service.
• Maximum Uptime - Our load balanced servers are seamlessly integrated together, so if one was to fail, the other would automatically continue. We ensure that your servers are housed in different racks powered by separate inputs across two data centres, ensuring your website has maximum uptime.

How can it benefit your business?

Load balancing can greatly affect your business by ensuring that your server has maximum performance. If you require any server maintenance then you can have total peace of mind that your service will be unaffected. This will greatly reduce loss of productivity and your customers' confidence in your business.

Our load balancing solutions are fully flexible so you can add or remove servers as and when you need if your website is experiencing peak traffic. This ensures consistent performance of your website, regardless of seasonal traffic and high profile marketing campaigns.

For more information on how our load balanced servers can benefit your business, please contact us.