What is load balancing? Mission critical web-based applications and workloads often require a High Availability (HA) solution. Cloud Load Balancers distribute workloads across two or more servers, network links, and other resources to maximize throughput, minimize response time, and avoid overload. Rackspace Cloud Load Balancers allow customers to quickly load balance multiple cloud servers or external servers for optimal resource utilization.

Add a Load Balancer

• Create and Configure a Load Balancer

Best Practices

• Load Balancing Private IPs in the Same Region
• Preventing Server Overload
• Configuring a Health Monitor
• Using SSL Termination

Load Balancer features

• Content caching for Cloud Load Balancers
• Using SSL offloading with IIS and Cloud Load Balancers
• Using Cloud Load Balancers with RackConnect

Cloud Load Balancers API

• API Getting Started Guide
• API Developer's Guide
• Role-Based Access Permissions via the API