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An application delivery controller (ADC) is a network device in the datacenter that helps perform common tasks done by web sites in an effort to remove load from the web servers themselves. Many also provide load balancing. They usually sit between the Firewall /router and the Web Farm . Application acceleration products are available from many companies1, including: This market segment is now becoming fragmented into two general areas: 1) general network optimization and 2) application/framework specific optimization. Both types of devices improve performance, but the latter is usually much more aware of optimization strategies that work best with a particular application framework. For example, focusing on ASP.NET application performance tuning, or AJAX application performance tuning. See also Load Balancing (computing) TYPICAL TASKS PERFORMED TYPICAL CUSTOMER PROFILE HISTORY EXAMPLES OF SOME COMMON DEVICES EXTERNAL LINKS --> REFERENCES |
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