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NetScaler 10 – A Landmark Release with 100s of New Features

NetScaler 10 is a remarkable release which makes world’s best Internet delivery platform the most advanced Cloud Network platform. While Enterprises are transforming their Datacenters to Cloud they need the application acceleration and availability requirements to be taken care of. And beyond that there are several visibility, security and scalability aspects which need to be looked at while they move to Cloud.Talk about Cloud or ...

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Network segmentation on large XenDesktop deployments

I've been recently challenged on several projects by the networking teams on preventing possible broadcast flooding up the network. Their main vision on this topic is based on old fashioned hardware vendor recommendations for Windows based traffic networks. I wanted to give you some feedback from the field and explain the largest network subnets I have implemented with no issues, especially when talking of Provisioning ...

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Quantum: a new building block for virtual networks in Openstack clouds

Quantum, part of the NetStack suite, provides "Network Connectivity as a service" to instances running in Openstack clouds.What Quantum is, and why one would need it Quantum is a standalone Openstack Service aimed at providing Layer-2 network connectivity for VM instances running in clouds based on the Openstack cloud fabric. It exposes a generic (i.e.: technology-independent) and extensible API allowing users to build and manage their ...

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Changing the Load Balancing Algorithm

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or Load Balancing MethodThe load balancing algorithm (or load balancing method) defines the criteria that the NetScaler uses to select the server to which to send client requests. When the configured criteria are met for the selected server, the NetScaler then selects a different server. Load balancing granularity refers to the criteria that the NetScaler uses to decide the load balancing method in a ...

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Load Balancing – Poll

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Take the Load Balancing Algorithm Poll...The load balancing algorithm (or load balancing method) defines the criteria that the NetScaler uses to select the server to which to send client requests.When the configured criteria are met for the selected server, the NetScaler then selects a different server.The different Load Balancing Algorithms available are:Least Connections Method (default) Round Robin Least Response Time Hash Method Least Bandwidth Method Least Packets Method Token ...

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Load Balancing – VLAN Method

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VLAN Load balancing allows you to distribute client requests across multiple servers and optimize resource utilization based on VLANs. Load balancers improve server fault tolerance and end-user response time. In a scenario with a limited number of servers providing service to a large number of clients, a server can become overloaded and degrade server performance. Load balancing is used to prevent bottlenecks by forwarding ...

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Citrix CSEIT 2008

The Citrix Support Engineering Institute of Technology (CSEIT) is an exclusive free training event for our support and maintenance agreement customers to learn the latest troubleshooting techniques to support the Citrix application delivery infrastructure. The event provides a unique opportunity to gain real world experience from the experts, who can answer your technical issues and provide you with the power to understand how to do ...

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