Network Load Balancing (F5)
A service that enables application delivery for University of Minnesota application deployments.
Overview
Load balancing improves the concurrent user capacity and overall reliability of applications by distributing the workload across multiple servers, decreasing the overall burden placed on each server. It provides scalability, redundancy, and intelligence to applications.
Highlights
- F5 delivers applications to users in a reliable, secure, and optimized way.
- With the load balancer, BIG-IP LTM, application services are scaled, automated, and customized faster and more predictably.
- Load balancing offers visibility into applications with BIG-IQ, the centralized management solution.
- Offloads TLS encryption/decryption allowing for a single managed location for Certificate Management
- Ongoing support & troubleshooting is provided
- Training is available for F5 administrators
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Intended Audience
Students
Instructors
Researchers
Staff & Departments
Health Sciences Affiliates
IT Staff and Partners
Cost
University-funded: no charge.