Load Balancing Options WholesaleBackup servers can be load balanced for environments where you either wish to (a) serve more backup clients than a single server can handle or (b) be able to take a single server offline for maintenance without affecting availability to [...]
Introduction to Scaling and Redundancy We’ve received a number of inquiries lately asking about scaling and redundancy (load-balancing and high-availability & Online Backup Architecture). The WholesaleBackup Server Manual covers these topics, but we felt a high-level overview would be a good topic [...]
After seven years of running both Windows and Linux servers for our online backup service we’ve learned a lot about the advantages and challenges of each platform. Here are some of my personal observations: Human resources It’s much easier to hire Windows [...]