A Company Has a Web-Based Application That Is Used by Many

question 451

Multiple Choice

A company has a web-based application that is used by many different departments. The company has experienced some overload of resources on the database server. The network administrator implements a network device in between the servers and the database. Which of the following BEST describes the purpose of this device?

• A) Content filtering and network analysis
• B) Load balancing and providing high availability
• C) Port sniffing and protocol analysis
• D) Clustering and NIC teaming

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