Connection management is an advanced feature of jetNEXUS Load Balancers that can optimize the performance of TCP/IP as well as manage the level of stress placed on the web servers. By maintaining two sets of connections web servers are abstracted from slow end user dialogue.

Features of Connection Management

The conventional behaviour of a proxy request is that a connection from one TCP/IP device to another is opened, the data is passed and the connection is terminated. To open a connection involves a handshake every time that can add additional unnecessary overhead. jetNEXUS is capable of opening a set of connections to some web servers and reusing them thus reducing the effects of TCP/IP slow start.

jetNEXUS will allow you to protect your web environment from overload by limiting the number of incoming connections. This can help to stop the embarrassing time out error when the environment is under too much stress. Once the limit is reached jetNEXUS can respond with a pre-prepared page such as 'Please come back later' rather than the user having to wait for a minute only to experience a time out error.