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The load balancer plug-in is a component of the Web connector plug-in. The load balancing service within a Netscape Application Server communicates with the load balancer plug-in to provide information to the Web connector about the most appropriate Netscape Application Server to which application requests should be forwarded. This allows the Web server to know to which Netscape Application Server an application request should be forwarded.
The Web connector plug-in defaults to sending application requests to one Netscape Application Server. In a multiple-server enterprise where load balancing is being used, sending all requests to one server is not effective. It creates a potential bottleneck. Using the load balancer component, the Web connector can determine, for each request, which Netscape Application Server should process that request, thereby eliminating the bottleneck.
The load balancer plug-in is installed and configured automatically with the Web connector plug-in. For more information about configuring the Web connector plug-in, see the Netscape Application Server installation instructions on the product CD.
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