Inbuilt load balancer
Enhance your web security while optimizing traffic with a built-in load balancer in our Web Application Firewall
What is an Inbuilt load balancer?
An inbuilt load balancer is a device or a software-based service that efficiently distributes network or application traffic across a number of servers.
This dispersal of loads enhances system resilience, ensures optimal system performance, prevents any single server from being overwhelmed with too much traffic, and increases the availability and redundancy of applications. Load balancing is essential for high-traffic websites and mission-critical applications as it aids in preventing unnecessary server overloads.
How it Works?
The load balancer operates as a “traffic cop”, directing client requests across multiple servers in such a manner that maximizes speed and capacity utilization, while making sure no single server is overwhelmed. If a server fails, the load balancer redirects the traffic to the remaining functional servers.
Advantages of having a web application firewall (WAF) that comes with an inbuilt load balancer
- High Performance: Having a built-in load balancer with a WAF, like Load Balancer integrated with Modshield SB (WAF), allows you to define routing rules based on content. This can span multiple instances, supporting HTTP/2 and WebSocket while also providing additional visibility.
- Improved Scalability: Incorporating a solution that combines a load balancer and WAF can enhance your application’s scalability. The load balancer efficiently distributes traffic across available servers, improving the capacity of existing servers.
- Enhanced Security: Contrary to a network firewall, a WAF with an integrated load balancer offers effective protection at the application level. While network firewalls provide the first line of defense, WAFs complement this protection at the application layer.
- Lower cost and easy maintenance: Compared to dedicated hardware defenses, an integrated load balancer and WAF solution are both less expensive and less demanding to maintain. Such solutions help eliminate single points of failure, minimize the attack surface, and make it harder for resources to be exhausted and links to be saturated.
Types of Load Balancer
There are two main types of load balancing: network (or transport) load balancing and application (or content) load balancing.
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Network Load Balancing (NLB): NLB uses a networking protocol as the metric for allocating traffic. The most common strategies involve directing traffic based on the number of connections or the least network usage.
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Application Load Balancing (ALB): ALB distributes traffic in line with application-specific contents, such as HTTP headers, cookies, or data.
Benefits of a Load Balancer
- Enhanced application reliability by redistributing traffic when a server malfunctions.
- Improved application performance by evenly distributing client requests across several server nodes.
- Facilitates server maintenance without downtime as the load balancer can redirect traffic to other servers.
- Boosts data security as it can provide SSL encryption to servers that might not be able to perform encryption natively.
Modshield SB’s Inbuilt Load Balancer and Web Application Firewall
As businesses expand and their digital presence grows, they’re confronted with greater complexity and increased responsibilities to respond effectively to challenges. To address these shifting needs, Modshield SB has developed a powerful solution that combines an Inbuilt Load Balancer and a Web Application Firewall (WAF).
Challenges – Balancing Efficiency and Security in Today’s Digital Landscape
Businesses face a myriad of challenges, including efficiently handling website traffic spikes, ensuring constant availability, and protecting resources from security threats. Often, these demands force companies to compromise between performance and security, which can lead to detrimental outcomes.
Solutions – Modshield SB’s Comprehensive Approach to Performance and Protection
Modshield SB’s powerful solution combines an Inbuilt Load Balancer and a Web Application Firewall to address these concerns. This innovative, dual-function technology not only boosts website performance and distributes workloads effectively, but also shields your digital resources against potential security breaches.
Benefits – Experience a New Standard of Performance and Security with Modshield SB
Our Inbuilt Load Balancer that comes with a Web Application Firewall ensures that your web applications maintain peak performance while providing uncompromising security against threats. Modshield SB’s solution delivers high availability, optimized traffic routing, and customizable security measures to safeguard your digital assets effectively.
Inbuilt Load Balancer Features – Robust and Flexible Capabilities for a Diverse Set of Use Cases
Modshield SB’s Inbuilt Load Balancer boasts a range of features purpose-built to elevate your website’s performance and security. Each of these features is tailored to provide distinct functionalities aimed at addressing the pressing demands of businesses in the digital space.
Gain High Availability – Ensuring Uninterrupted Access to Your Web Applications
Modshield SB’s Load Balancer intelligently distributes workloads across multiple servers and resources. This helps prevent system overload, guarantees continuous uptime, and maintains a seamless user experience.
Optimize Traffic Routing – Directing User Requests Efficiently and Intuitively
Our Load Balancer accurately directs incoming website traffic to the most appropriate resources. This smart routing functionality results in better-optimized resource utilization, reduced latency, and improved response times.
Multiple Protocol Flexibility – Leveraging a Wide Range of Supported Protocols
Modshield SB’s Load Balancer supports various protocols, including HTTP, HTTPS, and TCP, empowering businesses to customize the Load Balancer’s performance and functionality to suit their specific requirements.
TLS termination/SSL Offloading – Enhancing Security and Performance Simultaneously
Our Load Balancer includes TLS termination and SSL offloading features. These functions help to consolidate security-heavy tasks on the Load Balancer, saving resources on backend servers and promoting improved overall performance.
Security Built-in – Advanced Web Application Firewall
Modshield SB’s Built-in Web Application Firewall actively monitors and filters incoming traffic, detecting and blocking potential security threats, including SQL injections and cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. This added layer of security ensures that your digital resources remain safe without compromising performance.
Flexible Performance – Scalability to Meet Evolving Business Needs
The Load Balancer is built with flexibility and scalability in mind, enabling it to expand or contract according to each business’s needs. The versatile nature of our Load Balancer paves the way for future growth and high-quality performance in the face of evolving business demands.
Experience a new level of efficiency and security by integrating Modshield SB’s comprehensive Inbuilt Load Balancer and Web Application Firewall solution into your digital infrastructure. Forge ahead with confidence in the digital market, knowing that both performance and protection are at the core of our solution.
