This topology focuses on providing a load balanced service with minimal hardware requirements. Real Servers may be added as additional serving resources are required.

Linux Director: The Linux Director acts as the gateway router for the network and load balances traffic. When a linux director receives a TCP/IP connection from a client it makes a decision on which Real Server to forward the connection to.

All packets for the life of this TCP/IP connection will be forwarded to the same real server so the integrity of the connection between the client and the real server is maintained.