Load Balancing in the GoGrid Cloud – Utilizing F5 BIG IP to Manage Traffic Spikes and Uptime (Webinar Presentation)

Load Balancing in the GoGrid Cloud
Utilizing F5 BIG IP to Manage
Traffic Spikes and Uptime
Cloud Implementation Experts
F5 Networks: Doug Lohf, Senior Systems Engineer
GoGrid: Rob Larson, Product Manager
GoGrid: David Michael, Sales Engineer

Agenda
Overview
GoGrid
F5 Networks
Load Balancing with GoGrid and F5 BIG IP®
Benefits of load balancing overview
Use cases
Best practices
Q&A Session

Complex Infrastructure Made Easy™
Infrastructure management tools
Web-based UI & API
Multiple data centers
Virtual & physical
No vendor lock-in
Standards based
Scale as your
business grows
Automation
Self service
F5 hardware load balancing
Global CDN
Cloud Storage
Flexible payment options and terms
No long-term commitment
Pay-as-you-go
Usage-based discounts
Net-30 terms

Load Balancing in the GoGrid Cloud

Benefits of Load Balancing
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Benefits of Load Balancing

GoGrid Standard 6 Free F5 Load Balancers in GoGrid Data Centers
Load Balancer Type Options
Round Robin
Least Connect
Persistence Options
None will cause selected algorithm to determine routing
SSL Sticky
Source Address
Each GoGrid account includes three Virtual IP (VIP) addresses per data centers. A VIP is the IP address the F5 load balancer uses to direct traffic to servers

GoGrid Standard Use Cases
Use Cases
Manage Traffic Spikes and Rapid Scaling
Application Uptime

Cloud Connect

F5 Networks
Value Innovation
Unique TMOS architecture
Industry’s only open iControl API & SDK
Powerful iRules and DevCentral Community
Numerous Industry Patents
Proven Results
Over 16,000 Customers
FY09 Revenue: $653 M
#1 in Advanced Platform ADC Market – Gartner
SSL VPN Market Leadership Award – Frost & Sullivan
F5 Ranked Among the Fastest Growing
Technology Companies in North America
Application Partnerships
Unique F5 and application vendor integration
Application partner tested and documented solutions
F5 solutions in partner labs
Cooperative Support Agreements

Availability: The Healthcheck Challenge
Customer Problem: Monitoring Availability is Too Costly
Web server generates 404 codes for any product errors
The “Monitoring Gap” - 5 Minute intervals are problematic
Can’t scale monitoring to support 35 sites with millions of pages
Market Pervasiveness
Monitoring consumes up to 10% of our traffic F500 Financial
76% of the customers would leave the website on seeing a broken link Gomez
Internet surfers will wait no more than 20 seconds to see content Gartner
@ 3000 cps
Monitor every
5 Minutes
Approx 1000cps
Failure at minute 2

Ensure Higher Availability
The F5 Solution: Error Code Handling
Business Benefit:
TM/OS and Response Error Handling – Bi-directional control allows for server side events. Program any action based on the customized error conditions
Ability to fallback to another server based on a server error
Guarantees uninterrupted service for content
Increases traffic manager capacity by 10%- 30%
No impact on the network or applications
Failure at minute 2
Server Errors
404

GoGrid Custom Solutions Best Practices
Reach out to your GoGrid Technical Account Manager
Growth plan for next 6 months, 1 year, 18 months, 2 years
Have an idea of your application’s requirements
Bandwidth
Application topology – Diagram to share helpful
Size of a typical front-end transaction (between GG infrastructure and end-user)
Security requirements
Build a MyGSI with your servers’ application stacks pre-installed
Allows rapid spin-up of new servers and recover if servers should go down

Summary
Enhance or introduce load balancing to your infrastructure topology
GoGrid enables companies of all sizes to easily deploy F5 via the UI or API
Best practices – collaborate with us to build your customized infrastructure in the cloud
Ready to get started?
Call GoGrid Account Manager today
US & Canada: 1.877.946.4743Worldwide: +1.415.869.7444
Check your inbox tomorrow for details on how to activate your $50 credit.

Questions?
Maria Gallegos
Product Marketing Coordinator
maria@gogrid.com
Doug Lohf
Senior Systems Engineer
d.lohf@f5.com
David Michael
Sales Engineer
Dmichael@gogrid.com
Rob Larson
Product Manager
rlarson@gogrid.com
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