Requirements analysis of performance and design needs
Vendor neutral design and specification
Integration of LB into existing virtual or physical environments
Experience with all commonly used LB designs including:
- Direct Server Return also called N-Path or Direct Routing
- Bridged w/NAT
- Source-NAT
- Source-NAT with Transparent Proxy
- LB on a stick w/NAT and Policy Based Routing
Install and configure LB environment with existing or new network and server infrastructure
Install virtual networks for LB environment segmentation
Integration of authentication and authorization with existing MS
Active Directory/LDAP/Kerberos/RADIUS or TACACS+ environments
Clustering for high availability
LB and network configuration management
Automation of configuration backup
LB performance and up/down monitoring
Network analysis and troubleshooting
Integration of existing or new applications onto load balancer
SSL off loading onto SSL accelerated LB hardware
Layer 3 though 7 load balancing and full application proxying
Complex layer 7 decision-making at the load balancer for routing traffic between destinations
Complex application and network level troubleshooting
Application load balancing and proxying for many network protocols and applications including: http, https, ldap, sip, dns, ftp, tftp and many others
A decade of experience with F5, Cisco, CoyotePoint, as well as
Microsoft and Linux software based load balancing
Real world experience load balancing many different protocols from
HTTP to SIP
