BalanceNG^® - The Software Load Balancer
Available for Linux and Solaris

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NEWS:

• (December 1, 2008) BalanceNG Release 2.204 available for download.
• (December 1, 2008) VMware virtual appliance: BalanceNG 2.204 on Ubuntu JeOS 8.04 available.
• (October 18, 2008) Updated Manual 2.196.0.
• (October 24, 2008) BalanceNG Release 1.936 available for download.
• (October 18, 2008) Updated Manual 1.934.0.

• DNS based GSLB ("Global Server Load Balancing") now supported

Now available in Europe: Thomas-Krenn LoadBalancer
Available worldwide: Celestix Load Balancer

• BalanceNG is a software Load Balancing Solution running on the hardware of your choice.
• BalanceNG is available for Linux/x86, Solaris10/x86, Solaris9/SPARC and Solaris10/SPARC operating systems.
• Clean, logical and easy to apply command and configuration language.
• Free Basic License: A basic load balancer setup with one virtual server and two targets may now be evaluated as long as needed at no charge.
• BalanceNG's full licensing is affordable and simple to understand and setup.
• Fast purchasing, delivery and licencing process (get your load balancer ready and working on the same business day!).
• Easy relicensing for a small fee at any time, platform independent.
• You can test and try BalanceNG right now on your hardware, even at full functionality (free dual node testing license available, request informally at support.20081109@inlab.de).
• Free presales and initial setup support, just email to support.20081109@inlab.de.
• Large and prominent customer base, many with an academical computer science background (click here for references).
• Built in benchmark functionality helps to choose the platform which fits perfectly.
• BalanceNG is capable to operate as a full "addon" VRRP daemon (without making use of it's load balancing features).

Available Information:

• Here's the introduction and feature list.
• Go through the download procedure to get access to the latest binary distribution.
• Take a look at the BalanceNG User and Reference Manual (and more).
• Take a look at the available online examples.
• Take a look at the BalanceNG configuration file collection.
• Take a look at the FAQ (suggestions welcome).
• Here is the pricing and license ordering information.
• Generate your license keys at the BalanceNG License Key Factory.
• Problems or Questions ? take a look at the BalanceNG Support Information Page.

External Links:

• Take a look at the following article using BalanceNG for networking research (ACM registration required):
  A policy-aware switching layer for data centers
  in ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review (Volume 38, Issue 4, October 2008)
  by Dilip A. Joseph, Arsalan Tavakoli and Ion Stoica (University of California, Berkeley).
• Here's the Freshmeat.Net project information: www.freshmeat.net/projects/balanceng.
• Celestix releases its CLB4000 Load Balancer Appliance OEM product based on BalanceNG.
• Feature Javablog article:"E-commerce at lightspeed (Tomcat+BalanceNG)"
• Feature article "BalanceNG: A simple approach to load balancing" at Linux.com (Printer friendly version).
• "BalanceNG: A simple approach to load balancing" (Japanese) at OpenTechPress.jp.
• Information page about the BalanceNG/squid setup at the City Council of Zaragoza (in Spanish).
• Sun BigAdmin Reference: "Setting up a dual node Sun X2100 HA load balancing cluster with Apache 2 and BalanceNG".

Example Live Sites running BalanceNG:

• www.dertour.de is a major and very well known travel portal site in Germany running BalanceNG in a dual node HA configuration.
• Take a look at www.nieuws.nl, one of the biggest news portal sites in the Netherlands. BalanceNG in a HA-configuration distributes the load of up to 5 million hits per month to a server farm. The session table holds more that 10000 concurrent sessions at low traffic hours.
• The Intermountain Region Digital Image Archive Center at Utah State University (RS/GIS Laboratory) uses BalanceNG to load balance the "Interactive Imagery Search".

Email contact:

• Please drop us an email if you have any further questions at info.20081109@inlab.de.