It's worth pointing out that this article is a bit long in the tooth. Although perhaps biased responses, it's worth looking at some other thoughts on the subjec

It's worth pointing out that this article is a bit long in the tooth. Although perhaps biased responses, it's worth looking at some other thoughts on the subject: http://devcentral.f5.com/weblogs/macvittie/archive/2011/03/21/the-skeleton-in-the-global-server-load-balancing-closet.aspx http://devcentral.f5.com/weblogs/macvittie/archive/2011/03/2... http://dev.robertmao.com/2007/06/30/global-dns-load-balancing-for-free/ http://dev.robertmao.com/2007/06/30/global-dns-load-balancin... (towards the end, and yes, the grammar is bad) http://blogs.sun.com/davew/entry/thoughts_on_global_server_load http://blogs.sun.com/davew/entry/thoughts_on_global_server_l...