IBM® WebSphere® Edge Components

 

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Overview

The IBM® WebSphere® Edge Components, which are part of IBM® WAS Network Deployment V5.1, reduce Web server congestion, increase content availability, and improve Web server performance.

The following functions are included in the Edge Components of IBM® WAS Network Deployment V5.1:

  1. Load Balancer
  2. Caching Proxy

WebSphere® Edge Components are supported on a wide range of operating systems, including AIX, Linux, Solaris, and Windows 2000.

 

Load Balancer overview

The Load Balancer is responsible for load balancing traffic to servers that are in a LAN or WAN. Load Balancer consists of the following five components that can be used separately or together:

  1. Dispatcher component
  2. Content Based Routing for HTTP and HTTPS
  3. Site Selector
  4. Cisco CSS Controlller
  5. Nortel Alteon Controller

 

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