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Topic of the week : Load Balancing Go to Topic

Discuss load balancing approaches for network.....

Load balancing (computing)

In computer networking , load balancing is a technique to spread work between two or more computers, network links, CPUs, hard drives, or other resources, in order to get optimal resource utilization, maximize throughput, and minimize response time. Using multiple components with load balancing, instead of a single component, may increase reliability through redundancy . The balancing service is usually provided by a dedicated program or hardware device (such as a multilayer switch ). It is com

How do I Reduce Switch Flooding Caused by Network Load Balancing?

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For Windows 2000, the only choice is to isolate the NLB hosts. This can be done in one of two ways. First the hosts can be homed to their own LAN or Virtual LAN. This will work for either unicast or multicast modes. Second, for the multicast mode,...

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Will Cloud Computing result in few IT jobs ?

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	Argument added by sasi raj, IT/Technical writer, Cedilla Communications \| 3 years ago
	Yes I jobs will exist in India , the T jobs are definitely staying with brains of USA. India is a minuscule player when it comes to home grown patents and technology . Better safe than sorry , cover your ass(ets) when you can. Stay safe with non-IT

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Which database is most suitable for business web applications? MySQL or PostgreSQL?

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	Argument added by Adrian Hoe, Software Developer, AdaStar Informatics \| 4 years ago
	But PostgreSQL 8.2 and above is already supported on Windows platform.

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Idea Contests in "Grid Computing"

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How to go for Home Energy Management?

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	Referred by Pranay Mantri, Project Lead, IDBI Bank \| 3 years ago
	Whilst energy management has been popular in larger buildings for a long time, it has only recently started catching on in homes. Most homeowners aren't even aware of the term, and take more of a haphazard, flying-blind approach to reducing their...

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How to introduce cloud computing into your organization?

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	Idea added by Inder Monga, Founder, Leedexcel Inc \| 3 years ago
	The best way to convince an organization is to bring costs down. Survey your applications and choose one which can benefit from the cloud, move it to the cloud and show the ROI (Return on Investment). This will convince the management much faster than...

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Trends and Insights in "Grid Computing"

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DBA Waste of Time

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	Commented by Prarthana Devi, Database Architect/Designer, Leading IT Company \| Topic: Database Maintenance Optimization \| 3 years ago
	Nice article Mr. Atul, but whatever it may be, the importance of DBA cannot be denied in an organisation. A database contains all the important informations which becomes important at the time of emergency or information loss. Describing the importance...

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Google Wave will change PLM collaboration

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	Referred by Inder Monga, Founder, Leedexcel Inc \| Topic: New Collaborative Interface: Convergence of Applications and Communications \| 3 years ago
	6 reasons Why Google Wave will Change PLM Collaboration It’s impossible to speak about collaboration these days, in my opinion, without touching Google Wave . I analyzed multiple presentations, demos, videos, analyzes and would like to present my...

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Q & A in "Grid Computing"

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Google Wave defines a new modified XMPP/wave protocol. Will this scale? Is there anything else needed in the network to...

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	Answered by Inder Monga, Founder, Leedexcel Inc \| 3 years ago
	Attached link has more information on the Google Web Protocol:http://www.waveprotocol.org/draft-protocol-spec

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Can anyone advise me about joining Symbiosis Centre For Information Technology for MBA

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	Referred by Deepthi Nair, ERP Team Member , Indian Hotels Company Limited \| 4 years ago
	Dear members... I have a few queries regarding Symbiosis Centre For Information Technology and would be more than grateful to anyone who can give me their valuable advice on the same... How are the placements at SCIT..is it recognised by the ...

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Topics in Grid Computing

Clustering Go to Topic

Grid computing: the new knowledge network

Till now we use internet as world wide web but it will be used for computing power as well and progress is continuing in this regard. Scientists searching for extraterrestrial life are also no longer working alone, they are taking help from two million PC owners by using a portion of their PC's processing ability. Sometimes a special tool allows your PC to work for these scientists when its on and you are not working on PC.Also, they serve as the recievers of this astronomical data .So by usin

Aren't newest "cloud computing" is repetation of age old "Mainframes"?

Yes

Database Maintenance Optimization Go to Topic

RDBMS - Relational Database Management System

SQL Server

Oracle

An Approach to Database Optimization

Optimization of any system obeys the Pareto Principle, which states that only a vital few factors are responsible for producing most of the problems. This is also known as the 80/20 Rule, meaning that most of the problems in a system result from just a few causes. Specifically, the biggest optimizations will be effected at the business process end of a system, then the application code, the database schema, and physical data storage, and the server configuration. In a business environment that

New Collaborative Interface: Convergence of Applications and Communications Go to Topic

Comparing Wave to Email is missing the point, Wave is the new Web

Google Wave as infrastructure Written by vhokstad http://www.linkedin.com/in/vhokstad It's new but not new All of the things in the Wave demo are possible without Wave. The interesting thing about Wave is not so much the application, but the infrastructure, the protocol and the underlying concepts. Many limited collaboration apps have offered various subsets of the Wave functionality, for example, and the superficial functionality can be built using existing technology, without fancy new protoc

Microsoft takes aim at Google with online Office suite 2010

Microsoft on Monday announced plans to begin widespread testing of a new version of its market-leading productivity suite for Windows PCs that will tie into a series of new Web-based Office applications similar to those offered by rival Google. Presenting at its Worldwide Partner Conference 2009, the Redmond, Wash.-based software giant said it will soon invite tens of thousands of customers to start testing Microsoft Office 2010, which features broadcast and video editing in PowerPoint, new dat

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