Frame-based load balancing is a broad term for various Ethernet multipathing technologies.
Packet based load balancing is used by load balancers
Application Delivery Controller is load balancing at Layer 5 of the OSI model and above.
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Greg Ferro is a Network Engineer/Architect, mostly focussed on Data Centre, Security Infrastructure, and recently Virtualization. He has over 20 years in IT, in wide range of employers working as a freelance consultant including Finance, Service Providers and Online Companies. He is CCIE#6920 and has a few ideas about the world, but not enough to really count.
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