load balancing

Load Balancing Monitoring Group: Multi-Service Health Checks for High-Availability Applications

Introduction Modern applications are no longer monoliths — they are complex, distributed systems where availability depends on multiple independent components working together seamlessly. A web server might be running, but if its database connection is down or the authentication service is unresponsive, the whole application becomes unhealthy. Relying on a single

Intelligent DNS

Is Smart DNS Suitable for Application Access to Databases in an Active-Active Architecture?

# Intelligent DNS — Concepts, Strategies, and Use in Active-Active Architectures ## I. Basic Concept of Intelligent DNS **Intelligent DNS** (also called **Global Server Load Balancing — GSLB**) is an advanced DNS resolution service. Unlike traditional DNS that simply maps a domain name to an IP, **Intelligent DNS** dynamically selects the **optimal** IP address