Latest data center news.
Server load balancing: A practical guide, 04/24/07: A few years ago server load balancing was an expensive luxury for sites with deep pockets. It wasn’t uncommon to pony up $100,000 for a redundant pair of load balancers. But today load balancing is within reach of companies with far more modest means. Vendors old and new are offering full-featured load balancers for less than $5,000.
Microsoft ships beta 2 of Virtual Machine Manager, 04/27/07: Microsoft Friday released the second beta of its System Center Virtual Machine Manager, which is designed to help companies manage their virtualization deployments.
Podcast: Don’t take DNS for granted, 04/30/07: How is DNS and other core network services like an offensive line in football? If you hear about them, they’re not doing their jobs properly. Unfortunately, we still hear quite a bit about DNS security and architectural issues. On this program, Cricket Liu, author of “DNS and Bind” and vice president of architecture at InfoBlox, joins Network World’s Jason Meserve to discuss some of the threats to DNS and what corporations can do to better protect their core network services. (10:38)
