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virtual IP address

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virtual IP address

An IP address that is shared among multiple domain names or multiple servers. Virtual IP addressing enables one IP address to be used either when insufficient IP addresses are available or as a means to balance traffic to multiple servers in a server farm.



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At any point in time, one member of the cluster serves as the primary SSC and hosts the virtual IP address that represents the cluster.
In addition, a patented single virtual IP address mechanism automatically distributes and balances the application load on as many Linux servers as needed, with a purely software solution installed on the servers themselves.
Client requests are directed to a Virtual IP address associated with a server pool.
 
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