Adding Redundancy & Fault Tolerance

Question 1

What is the name of the system wherein multiple computers on a LAN work together to solve complex problems?

Answer 1

Distributive Allocation

Question 2

What’s the difference between scaling up and scaling out?

Answer 2

Scaling up refers to upgrading the resources on a single server. Scaling out refers adding more servers to serve the same purpose and serve more clients.

Question 3

What is the name of the load-balancing feature that ensures that a user’s IP requesting a service remains connected to the same server throughout the duration of the session

Answer 3

Source Affinity

Question 4

Load-balancing increases the overall processing power of a service by sharing the load - true or false?

Answer 4

TRUE