GSLB

Global Server Load Balancing (GSLB) is a DNS-based traffic management solution that ensures high availability and performance by distributing user requests across multiple servers or data centers globally. It provides redundancy and resilience, automatically directing traffic to the most optimal or available resources when a local deployment experiences unexpected downtime, spikes, or other disruptions.

The GSLB objects are designed by the physical and logical components on the network.

The physical components of the network include:

• Data Center: Represents a physical data center where servers are located.

• Server: Refers to the physical machines in the data center.

• Location: A grouping of geographic areas that may contain multiple data centers or servers.

The logical components of the network include:

• Virtual Server Pool: Represents a collection of virtual servers that distribute and manage traffic logically.

• FQDN Connector: Maps a fully-qualified domain name (FQDN) to a set of virtual servers for handling requests.

Mappings:

• The object data center corresponds to the physical data center.

• The object fabric connector relates to physical devices like FortiADC.

• The object location organizes geographical regions.

• The object pool represents a set of virtual servers.

• The object FQDN links a fully-qualified domain name to the virtual server pool for routing traffic.