SoftLayer’s enterprise-class load balancing solution utilizes industry-standard techniques (including round-robin, lowest latency, least connections, shortest response and IP persistence) to balance traffic among 2 or more servers. It can be instantly activated and ready to configure, and servers can be added to or removed from the balancing pool on-demand with little or no downtime. Load balancing can be configured to operate locally (within a single SoftLayer data center) or globally - across all SoftLayer facilities.

Citrix NetScaler is a Web application delivery appliance that makes applications five times better by accelerating performance, ensuring that applications are always available and protected, and substantially lowering costs. Citrix NetScaler application delivery products are easily selected by determining the edition providing functional needs and the appropriate hardware platform to fulfill performance needs.