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N10-005 · Question #780
N10-005 Question #780: Real Exam Question with Answer & Explanation
The correct answer is D: Load balancer. A load balancer distributes incoming network traffic or workloads evenly across multiple servers to prevent any single server from being overwhelmed.
Question
The company's main server is using 98% of its available resources and Joe needs to evenly distribute the work to another server using which of the following?
Options
- AVPN concentrator
- BContent filter
- CProxy server
- DLoad balancer
Explanation
A load balancer distributes incoming network traffic or workloads evenly across multiple servers to prevent any single server from being overwhelmed.
Common mistakes.
- A. A VPN concentrator aggregates multiple VPN tunnels from remote users into the corporate network - it does not distribute processing workloads between servers.
- B. A content filter inspects and restricts web or application content based on policy - it plays no role in distributing server workloads.
- C. A proxy server acts as an intermediary between clients and servers and can cache content, but it does not evenly distribute a server's existing workload to additional servers.
Concept tested. Load balancing for server resource distribution
Reference. https://www.f5.com/glossary/load-balancer
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