A company has a web-based application that is used by many different departments. The company has experienced some overload of resources on the database server. The network administrator
implements a network device in between the servers and the database. Which of the following BEST describes the purpose of this device?
A. Content filtering and network analysis
B. Load balancing and providing high availability
C. Port sniffing and protoco
l analysis
D. Clustering and NIC teaming