Features Supported by GSLB

This section covers the features supported with GSLB.

The following is the list of features supported by GSLB.

• Active-Active GSLB with multiple algorithms like consistent IP, geo-based load balancing, topology, and so on

• Active disaster recovery GSLB

• Custom geo-DB support

• Hybrid cloud support

• Control-plane and data-plane health monitoring

• Multiple types of replication - Continuous (default), Manual and Adaptive

• Enhanced resiliency with canary updates (adaptive replication)

• DNS policies for custom use cases like setting the preferred site, defining multiple fallback sites, and so on

• NAT aware GSLB (public-private IP) support

• Support for two-level GSLB algorithm with the geo-location-based algorithm at the global-service level and other algorithms at the GSLB pool level

• Support for GSLB site persistence based on HTTP cookies

• Multi-tenancy support

• Third-party load balancer support

• Rich set of DNS logs and analytics like top FQDNs, types of queries, and so on