May 24, 2007 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Web hosting provider Memset (memset.net) announced on Wednesday that it has launched Performance Patrol, a load balancing solution that lets customers balance traffic across their server clusters using multiple load-balancing servers.

Memset says Performance Patrol enables servers to handle higher work loads, maximizes availability and virtually eliminates single points of failure, which are present when a server cluster has a single hardware load balancer. Performance Patrol is based on open source technologies and standard server hardware, says the company, making it more cost-effective than some other load balancing solutions.

The system functions by actively monitoring all servers in a cluster, ensuring they are up and responding to requests. If any of them drop out, the solution immediately routes requests to the other servers in the cluster.

"Performance Patrol enables Memset to offer a more reliable, more flexible and more cost effective solution than giving each customer their own single hardware load balancer," says Kate Craig-Wood, managing director of Memset. "By using twinned kit with no single point of failure, Memset can save time, money and worry with reduced downtime, complete scalability and minimal download delays."

Memset recently announced that it had hired public relations and marketing agency Momentous PR to help elevate awareness of its Web hosting services amongst the enterprise and SME markets.

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