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Optimizing Network Performance with Content Switching: Server, Firewall and Cache Load Balancing

ISBN: 0131014684
EAN: 2147483647

Year: 2003
Pages: 85

Authors: Matthew Syme, Philip Goldie

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• Main Page
• Table of content
• Copyright
• Prentice Hall PTR Series in Computer Networking and Distributed Systems
• About Prentice Hall Professional Technical Reference
• Preface
• The Audience and Purpose of This Book
• Case Studies
• Explanation of Artwork
• About the Technical Reviewers
• Acknowledgments
• Summary
• Chapter 1. Introduction to Content Switching
• The Evolution of Layer 2 and Layer 3 Networks
• Summary
• Chapter 2. Understanding Layer 2, 3, and 4 Protocols
• The OSI Seven Layer ModelWhat Is a Layer?
• Switching at Different Layers
• Understanding Layer 4 Protocols
• Transport Control Protocol (TCP)
• User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
• Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)
• Summary
• Chapter 3. Understanding Application Layer Protocols
• HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
• File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
• Real Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP)
• Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
• Summary
• Chapter 4. The Concepts of Content Switching
• Virtual Services and Application Redirection
• Resources and Real Servers
• Frames, Packets, and Sessions
• Deep Packet Inspection
• Summary
• Chapter 5. Basic Server Load Balancing
• Why Load Balance Servers?
• Topologies of Server Load Balancing
• Layer 4 Load Balancing Metrics
• Server Health Checking
• Summary
• Chapter 6. Content-Aware Server Load Balancing
• What Is Layer 7 Server Load Balancing?
• Why Use Layer 7 Server Load Balancing?
• Dealing with Layer 7 Traffic
• HTTP URL Parsing and Load Balancing
• HTTP Header Load Balancing
• HTTP Cookie Load Balancing
• Load Balancing FTP
• Load Balancing DNS at Layer 7
• Load Balancing RTSP Streaming Media
• Summary
• Case Study: Content-Aware Server Load Balancing
• Chapter 7. Persistence, Security, and the Internet
• Internet Service ProvidersProxying and Traffic Volumes
• IP Address Hashing
• Cookie-Based Persistence
• SSL
• Summary
• Case Study: Persistence
• Chapter 8. Application Redirection
• The Requirement for Application Redirection
• VIP-Based SLB vs. Application Redirection
• Web Cache Redirection (WCR)
• WCR
• Security Redirection
• RouterLink Load Balancing
• Summary
• Case Study: Application Redirection
• Chapter 9. Firewall and VPN Load Balancing
• Why Load Balance Firewalls and VPN Switches?
• Firewall Overview
• Deploying Firewall Load Balancing
• Policy-Based Firewall Load Balancing
• VPN and MAC Persistence
• Summary
• Chapter 10. The Architecture of a Content Switch
• Typical Layer 2 and Layer 3 Architecture Considerations
• Why Content Switching Is Different
• What Makes a Good Content Switch?
• Different Approaches
• Where To Next?
• Associated Hardware
• Summary