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Load Balancing

Load balancing is the process of distributing network traffic across multiple servers to improve application availability and performance. In cloud computing, a load balancer performs as a reverse proxy; it splits traffic between multiple servers so that no server becomes a single point of failure.

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High-traffic websites receive thousands (if not millions) of concurrent requests from users every day, and it’s necessary for them to return the requested data, images, text etc. to the user quickly and efficiently. A load balancer filters those requests and distributes them among a group of servers to ensure the information can be served instantly, without impacting performance or causing downtime.

Load balancing reduces the workload placed on any individual server, improving application performance and ensuring maximum availability. In a cloud environment, load balancing performs a vital role in carefully balancing network traffic across computing resources to ensure no loss of performance.

A load balancer acts as a reverse proxy. The application is represented to the client by a virtual IP address (VIP), and once the client establishes a connection with the VIP, the load balancer uses its algorithms to decide which server’s particular application instance the connection should be sent to. Throughout the whole process, the load balancer keeps track of and manages the connection.

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