Facebook wrote the load-balancing software, Katran, because existing load balancers can't handle the size of the social media giant's systems. Google is known to fiercely guard its data center secrets ...

WALTHAM, Mass., Nov. 15, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HAProxy Technologies, provider of the world's fastest and most widely used software load balancer, today announced the 20th anniversary of the HAProxy ...

PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW) today announced continued momentum in providing customers a modern software alternative to legacy hardware load balancers, and new platform ...

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Facebook has shared some more on the tools it uses to manage the huge networks in its data centers. This time, it has open-sourced the code for its Katran load balancer, and described the principles ...