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Implementing NetScaler VPX??? - Second Edition

By : Marius Sandbu
Book Image

Implementing NetScaler VPX??? - Second Edition

By: Marius Sandbu

Overview of this book

With a large demand for responsive websites and availability of services, IT administrators are faced with an ever-rising need for services that are optimized for speed. NetScaler VPX is a software-based virtual appliance that provides users with the comprehensive NetScaler feature set. Implementing apps and cloud-based services is much easier with its increased service performance and integrated security features. This book will give you an insight into all the new features that NetScaler VPX™ has to offer. Starting off with the basics, you will learn how to set NetScaler up and configure it in a virtual environment including the new features available in version 11, such as unified gateway and portal theme customization. Next, the book will cover how to deploy NetScalar on Azure and Amazon, and you will also discover how to integrate it with an existing Citrix infrastructure. Next, you will venture into other topics such as load balancing Microsoft and Citrix solutions, configuring different forms of high availability Global Server Load Balancing (GSLB), and network optimization. You will also learn how to troubleshoot and analyze data using NetScaler's extensive array of features. Finally, you will discover how to protect web services using an application firewall and will get to grips with other features such as HTTP, DOS, and AAA.
Table of Contents (10 chapters)
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Index

Load balancing SharePoint 2013


SharePoint has become quite a complex product in its latest releases, from starting out as a portal solution to becoming a complete collaboration platform for businesses. SharePoint can be seen as a web application, and it primarily uses HTTP and HTTPS protocols to deliver content to users. In SharePoint 2013, there have also been some changes in how it operates. For example, Microsoft has introduced a new distributed cache system, which allows a frontend web server to store a login token in memory. This token is also available for other frontend web servers in the farm. This means that we do not need to set up persistency, as all of the authentication tokens are stored in the cache of the web servers. Also, SharePoint 2013 supports SSL offloading, which means that we can use NetScaler to handle SSL traffic and thereby reduce the load on the SharePoint servers by allowing them to respond only on HTTP.

Lastly, as SharePoint has an idea of what is seen as an internal...