<aside> <img src="/icons/spider_gray.svg" alt="/icons/spider_gray.svg" width="40px" /> A Network Appliance is a dedicated hardware device with pre-installed software for specific networking services

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Different Types of Network Appliances

Load Balancers

• Distribute network/application traffic across multiple servers
• Enhance server efficiency and prevent overload
• Ensure redundancy and reliability
• Perform continuous health checks
• Application Delivery Controllers (ADCs) offer advanced functionality
• Essential for high-demand environments and high-traffic websites

Proxy Servers

• Acts as intermediaries between clients and servers
• Provide content caching, requests filtering, and login management
• Enhance request speed and reduce bandwidth usage
• Add a security layer and enforce network utilization policies
• Protect against DDoS attacks
• Facilitate load balancing and user authentication
• Handle data encryption and ensure compliance with data sovereignty laws

Sensors

• Monitor, detect, and analyze network traffic and data flow
• Identify unusual activities, security breaches, and performance issues