Tony Bourke

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Tony Bourke is a private consultant specializing in Unix administration, networking, and load balancing. He has held positions at SiteSmith, GlobalCenter, and Digex. Tony has designed and implemented SLB and Unix architectures for many high-profile and high-traffic web sites. He has published articles in Sys Admin Magazine, Hostingtech Magazine, and Network World. He is one of the leading authorities on the topic of server load balancing and frequently speaks at conferences around the country. He can be reached at tony@vegan.net.

Server Load Balancing
by Tony Bourke
August 2001
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Have Your Layer Cake and Eat It Too
Publish Date: Sep. 9, 2002The author of Server Load Balancing talks about the trend toward single devices that perform multiple functions, and he weighs the factors system administrators can take into account when making equipment decisions on these network devices. Load Balancers As Firewalls
Publish Date: Aug. 23, 2001O'Reilly author discusses the merits of running a server load balancer as a firewall. By Tony Bourke, author of O'Reilly's Server Load Balancing (August 2001). It's Always the Load Balancer
Publish Date: Mar. 5, 2001Load balancers are an integral part of today's Web infrastructure. They're also complex and underdocumented pieces of hardware. In this article I will explain the reasons why load balancers get the blame and what you can do about it. Bridge-Path vs. Route-Path Server Load Balancing
Publish Date: Nov. 14, 2000Although there are many ways to implement server load balancing (SLB) in a given network, most SLB implementations fall under two categories: bridge-path and route-path. Future O'Reilly author Tony Bourke compares their pros and cons, and explains why he prefers the route-path method.

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