Cloud implementation experts from GoGrid and F5 presented and discussed the top use cases and best practices for load balancing in the cloud. This presentation was delivered on 8/25/10 in an online webinar. In this educational presentation, the following topics were discussed: * Enterprise grade hardware load balancers * Multi-data center resource provisioning * Configuration options at different levels: load balancing types and persistence Presenters: F5 Networks: Doug Lohf, Senior Systems Engineer GoGrid: David Michael, Sales Engineer GoGrid: Rob Larson, Product Manager For more information, please visit: http://www.gogrid.com

1. Load Balancing in the GoGrid Cloud Utilizing F5 BIG IP to Manage Traffic Spikes and Uptime Cloud Implementation Experts F5 Networks: Doug Lohf, Senior Systems Engineer GoGrid: Rob Larson, Product Manager GoGrid: David Michael, Sales Engineer

2. Agenda Overview GoGrid F5 Networks Load Balancing with GoGrid and F5 BIG IP® Benefits of load balancing overview Use cases Best practices Q&A Session

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4. Load Balancing in the GoGrid Cloud

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6. Benefits of Load Balancing

7. GoGrid Standard 6 Free F5 Load Balancers in GoGrid Data Centers Load Balancer Type Options Round Robin Least Connect Persistence Options None will cause selected algorithm to determine routing SSL Sticky Source Address Each GoGrid account includes three Virtual IP (VIP) addresses per data centers. A VIP is the IP address the F5 load balancer uses to direct traffic to servers

8. GoGrid Standard Use Cases Use Cases Manage Traffic Spikes and Rapid Scaling Application Uptime

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