What Does BIG-IP Stand For?
Published Dec 30, 2005
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Today BIG-IP performs a myriad of functions that drive application availability, optimization and security. If we haven't thought of what you need, you can also program it yourself by using iRules to manipulate traffic in all sorts of useful ways. Finally, yes - it does also perform load balancing between servers real or virtual, data centers or WAN links. I think we still include connecting to a least loaded server as one of the basic load balancing modes available.
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