Balancing

Load Balancing Algorithms

Understand nginx's round robin, weighted round robin, least_conn, and ip_hash load-balancing algorithms and when to use each.

Work Queues and Load Balancing

Learn how RabbitMQ distributes tasks across a pool of competing consumers, and how prefetch settings enable fair, load-based dispatch.

Cloud Load Balancing Basics

Learn how GCP's fully managed, globally distributed load balancers route traffic to healthy backends, and the key differences between global, regional, externa…

Elastic Load Balancing

Learn how AWS Elastic Load Balancing distributes traffic across healthy targets, and the differences between Application, Network, and Gateway Load Balancers.

Load Balancing in gRPC

Why gRPC's persistent, multiplexed HTTP/2 connections need client-side or proxy-aware load balancing, and how policies like round_robin and least_request work…

Scalability and Load Balancing Concepts

Explains vertical vs horizontal scaling and how load balancers distribute traffic across servers, including round robin and least connections.

Load Balancing in the Cloud

Learn how cloud load balancers distribute traffic across instances using Layer 4 and Layer 7 techniques and health checks.

Load Balancing Algorithms

Surveys the algorithms load balancers use to distribute traffic across backend servers, from simple round robin to adaptive least-connections and consistent ha…