Load Balancing for High Availability

Load Balancing for High-Availability, High Security Web Applications

Secure, Load Balanced Servers Provide High-Availability Resources to SMBs Managing Critical Web Applications

Load balancing provides cloud-like scalability, securely. When used as a high-availability hosting technique, load balanced servers help keep critical systems and websites available to users at all times by eliminating "bottlenecks" during peak traffic times so every user or visitor has a positive experience.

Load balancing helps reduce and even eliminate common website user complaints like:

Sluggish performance
Website inaccessibility
Forced logoff while saving changes

Load balancers use adaptive algorithms to optimize and delegate resources between secure servers. For example, when "secure server A" gets overloaded or becomes unavailable for any reason, the load balancer automatically directs users to an accessible server. Load balancing hardware measures and monitors elements like concurrent users/connections and processor utilization to help ensure redundancy and failover which is an important part of business continuity planning.

Load Balancing is recommended (and sometimes necessary) for small or medium sized businesses that:

Provide Software as a Service (SaaS)
Provide mission critical systems such as medical applications, document management systems, intranets and portals, and social communities
Experience significant, unpredictable traffic spikes due to marketing, seasonality, or regular daily activity

Load balancing is a premium hosting service, but we prove that it doesn't have to come at a premier price. FireHost brings these features to SMBs at affordable rates.