EfficientIP's Edge DNS GSLB is a software solution designed to optimize global server load balancing by integrating it directly into DNS servers. This approach enhances application performance and user experience by efficiently distributing traffic across multiple servers based on geographical dispersion and resource availability. It simplifies network management and reduces costs by eliminating the need for separate load balancers.

Key Features

• Integrated Load Balancing: GSLB is built into both recursive and authoritative DNS servers for efficient traffic routing.
• Flexible Load Balancing Strategies: Supports Round-Robin, Weighted Round-Robin, and Best Response Time strategies.
• Smart Application Health Checks: Includes various health check types (None, OK, Ping, TCP, HTTP(S), Custom) to ensure node availability.
• Session Persistence: Allows users to be redirected to the same server during a session without requiring application modifications.
• Centralized Management: Offers unified management of DDI and GSLB functionality through a centralized application repository.
• Native Geolocalization: Simplifies deployment of multi-region datacenters.
• Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity: Ensures automatic failover in multi-cloud environments.

Benefits

• Improved User Experience: Accelerates application response times and enhances overall performance.
• Cost Efficiency: Reduces capital and operational expenses by combining DNS and GSLB functions.
• Enhanced Security: Simplifies network architecture, reducing vulnerabilities and improving resilience against attacks.
• Business Continuity: Ensures application availability through constant health checking and automatic failover.