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It is important that we upgrade the dedicated server hosting package to a\u00a0 load balancing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bodhost.com\/web-servers\/dedicated-servers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dedicated server hosting<\/a> configuration.<\/p>\n<p>The load needs to distributed among various servers to improve the performance of the server and maintain 100% Uptime on the server. This applies to application as well as database server. In this case, we will consider HTTP request that uses the feature known as IP spraying. Or rather also called as load \/ network dispatcher. It checks each HTTP request and redirects to the server or the cluster of servers. 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