GP.Access Distribution

This function is active in the data traffic between an IT resource (an IT service or application,or a set of different IT services or applications) ) and its consumers, and serves to increase the maximum load that the resource can handle, or to help business continuity by allowing access to instances of the resource spread over multiple sites, or both. To this end, the function accepts connections from the resource's consumers, and direct them to an available instance of the IT resource. Optionally, the service can cache and/or queue traffic.

Examples of components that deliver Access Distribution functionality are load balancer appliances and a web proxy servers. However, this function is not limited to "pure" network use: IT services may have Access Distribution functionality implemented internally as well.

Note that Access Distribution functionality is often combined with Access Security functionality.