Comment Load Balancing CC Processors (Score 1) 86
Interestingly enough, I wrote a software package from scratch that load balances our company's credit card processing across various networks, including Verisign and AuthorizeNet, as well as among some smaller parties.
It's a great method for not only avoiding blackouts when a gateway goes down, but also for load-balancing chargeback rates if you sign up with multiple banks as well.
Interestingly enough, sometimes a climbing chargeback rate means we send *more* traffic their way... thus increasing the denominator, so to speak.
AuthorizeNet got hit by a DDoS shortly after we deployed this system, so it was a lifesaver. AuthorizeNet hasn't been the same ever since, unfortunately...
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It's a great method for not only avoiding blackouts when a gateway goes down, but also for load-balancing chargeback rates if you sign up with multiple banks as well.
Interestingly enough, sometimes a climbing chargeback rate means we send *more* traffic their way... thus increasing the denominator, so to speak.
AuthorizeNet got hit by a DDoS shortly after we deployed this system, so it was a lifesaver. AuthorizeNet hasn't been the same ever since, unfortunately...
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