Chapter 9. Content Switching Device Migrations

As applications become increasingly sophisticated with the variety of features and functionality they offer for clients, so has the growth in the number of clients accessing these applications. From online banking to delivery tracking of packages, for businesses to offer such detailed services over the Internet, load balancing has also had to evolve over time.

Cisco’s load-balancing solutions have also evolved over time. Initially, there was the Local Director, followed by the Content Services Switch (CSS), and then the Content Switch Module (CSM). Whichever platform was chosen, migrating from an existing load-balancing solution to another became necessary.

This chapter looks at the evolution of load-balancing ...

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