Chapter 1

Networking Basics and Terminology

CERTIFICATION OBJECTIVES

1.01     Configuring Load Balancers

1.02     Managing IPv4

1.03     Managing IPv6

QUESTIONS

Disruption of connectivity to applications presents a risk for both on-premises and cloud-based apps. App performance can influence the effectiveness of IT solutions used to address business needs.

Load balancing addresses both application reachability and performance needs. A load balancer accepts client app requests and routes them to a pool of backend servers, where the least busy server services the request. Because there are multiple servers serving up the app, a backend server failure does not disrupt user connections to apps; instead, the load balancer does not route client requests ...

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