CS Fundamentals
Key Use Cases for Load Balancers
Load balancers prevent cascading failures by distributing traffic across healthy backend servers, ensuring high availability and optimal resource utilization. They operate at different layers of the network stack, employing various algorithms to manage traffic flow and maintain session persistence.
Traffic DistributionHigh AvailabilityHealth MonitoringSession AffinityLayer 4 Load BalancingLayer 7 Load BalancingLoad Balancing AlgorithmsHAProxyEnvoyRequests per Second (RPS)
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Key Use Cases for Load Balancers - System Design Diagram
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