# Eddie Reviews
**Vendor:** Eddie  
**Category:** [Load Balancing Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/load-balancing)
## About Eddie
Eddie contains in-built real-time load monitoring routines to track the usage of each Back End Server (shown in black) on your site. This information is passed to a set of designated Front End Servers (shown in blue) which perform load balancing of incoming transactions across all servers supporting particular applications.






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## Eddie Features
**Usability - Load Balancing**
- User Interface Design
- Setup Simplicity
- Platform Integration
- Container Support

**Performance Optimization - Load Balancing**
- Global Load Balancing
- Dynamic Resource Allocation
- Server Health Monitoring
- Disaster Recovery

**Security & Compliance - Load Balancing**
- SSL/TLS Termination
- Application Firewall Integration
- DDoS Mitigation
- Access Control
- IP Whitelisting/Blacklisting

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