So we have outgrown our current load balancer solution (LVS) and we decided to step up and get a device that can help accelerate our web applications. We have dozens of web servers and our current load balancing solution simply couldn't cut it anymore. Both BIG-IP and Netscaler and very sophisticated devices. Here are some of the features they provide: Layer 7 traffic routing and content modification Load balancing including via cookies Global load balancing for multiple sites SSL offloading HTTP ......