Global Server Load Balancing
Improve the reliability, security, and performance of global applications with intelligent global traffic management from F5 Global Server Load Balancing (GSLB).
Accessible, Available Apps, Anywhere They’re Deployed
Increased network traffic heightens the need to scale and manage apps globally in order to balance traffic across entire networks. Connecting apps deployed across the globe and multiple workflows ensures users will always have access the highest-performing applications no matter the traffic conditions.
Load Balance Across Multiple Data Centers
Connect users to the most-available, best-performing data center or cloud to maintain availability, speed, and security. GSLB can route users to the closest server available to them based on metrics you establish, improving website response times, reliability, and availability.
Resolve App Traffic Based on User Location
Set policies and parameters to direct global network traffic to the most efficient data center or cloud. With topology and geolocation based resolution and routing, GSLB can ensure app availability for users who may be impacted by accessibility policies in their country.
Monitor App and Infrastructure Health
Monitor app health across multiple locations, checking the health of the entire infrastructure through integration with BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager. If an app is slow or at capacity, GSLB will re-route requests to apps based in different locations – even routing between physical data centers and cloud data centers – until the original app is available again.
Optimizing Traffic Flow Around the World for Enhanced Digital Experiences
Optimizing speed and reliability
Ensure full availability for every app in all environments. GSLB distributes DNS requests by selecting the best available resource so apps can perform the way users expect, and businesses need, even during an outage.
How F5 Helps
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Global Server Load Balancing with BIG-IP DNS
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Global App Delivery with F5 Distributed Cloud
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Global Resiliency with BIG-IP Next DNS
Deliver apps wherever they live with on-prem or virtual solutions
GSLB in BIG-IP DNS can optimize user experiences by routing traffic across deployments according to location, performance, and network conditions, improving availability, performance, and reliability.
A SaaS-based global application delivery solution from the makers of BIG-IP
Create a superior user experience regardless of location by simplifying cloud-based DNS management, app delivery, and disaster recovery.
Global application delivery, modernized an optimized for the future
Make sure users always reach the healthiest, highest-performing apps. Connect apps deployed around the world and across multiple workflows to simplify efficient application traffic management across data center and cloud deployments.
Platform Support and Integrations
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Technology alliances
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Private platforms we support
Technology alliances
F5 application services integrate with major cloud providers and are available directly through marketplace offerings with variable PAYG or perpetual BYOL consumption options.
Private platforms we support
F5 supports co-location/interconnection providers when building out private clouds. A private cloud using F5 app services is ideal for speeding app deployments, enabling dynamic changes in the data center, and matching infrastructure services to workloads using a per-app model.
Resources
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Jason Rahm introduces the overall strategy of Global Server Load Balancing in BIG-IP DNS and how it differs from BIG-IP LTM options.