How Load Balancing Algorithms Work, and How to Choose the Right One
An introduction to the most widely used algorithms and use cases where they excel.
The Many Content Caching Strategies and How to Use Them
A comprehensive introduction to content caching and implementation of caching strategies for fast and efficient content delivery at any scale.
How Load Balancers Differ From Reverse Proxies, and When to Use Each
While reverse proxies do balance loads, they do a lot more than that, and there are often good reasons to use both.
How to Speed Up and Secure Your Apps Using DNS Load Balancing
It’s a low-cost way to improve scalability of web apps that requires no additional hardware and can be effective for orgs of all sizes.
How to Use Immutable Backups to Protect Your Data
Learn why immutable backups are vital for robust data protection and DR by examining their mechanism and explore best practices for integrating them into your resilience strategy.
What to Do When You Can't Rely on Public CI Runners
What self-hosted runners give you that public ones don’t, and how to make the self-hosted part a whole lot easier.
What Load Balancers Do at Three Different Layers of the OSI Stack
Understand load balancing methods at each of the layers and what to keep in mind when deciding which type of load balancer to deploy for your infrastructure.
How to Handle the Challenges of Running CI/CD Data Pipelines in the Cloud
From handling the dynamism of big data to privacy, DR and efficient scaling, running a healthy automated data pipeline in the cloud isn’t trivial.
How API Gateways Differ from Load Balancers, and Which to Use
Get a deeper understanding of what these essential technologies behind web services do, and how and when they can be used together.
There’s More to Your Cloud Backup Bill Than the Cost of Storage
The storage infrastructure itself is just the beginning.
How to Design Applications That Scale Out
Scaling an app by adding new instances of identical resources (as opposed to beefing up existing instances) helps maintain uninterrupted customer experience, availability and operational flexibility.