Contract # GS00T01AHD0002 

Proposal to Add Federal Telecommunications Service   Long Distance (FTS LD) 

6.7.7  Local Server Load Balancing 

Local Server Load Balancing Service can be thought of as an intra data center 

solution, influencing server traffic balancing between servers housed within a data 

center for optimal performance.  

Local Server Load Balancing Service includes one or more load balancing switches 

to direct traffic between multiple servers housed within a single Internet Data Center, 

local load balancing set up and ongoing monitoring, maintenance and support.  

6.7.8  Global Server Load Balancing 

Global Sever Load Balancing Service provides load balancing between multiple 

servers located in multiple AT&T Internet Data Centers. The service includes a load 

balancing switch in each AT&T Internet Data Center location, global load balancing 

setup and on going monitoring, management and administration. 

If the Government has servers located in more than two (2) geographically dispersed 

AT&T Internet Data Centers, the Government will have the option to choose which 

sites will be set up for global server load balancing. AT&T will provide our 

recommendations for the most efficient set up of the load balancing architecture that 

will provide the best traffic distribution and disaster recovery. 

6.7.9  Simplifying Data Management  

Ever increasing quantities of data need to be instantly and reliably available to 

servers and applications. Utilizing a storage network can alleviate capacity 

bottlenecks by allowing for dynamic reconfiguration of storage resources and the 

systems that access them.  

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