What Are Load Balancers and Why Do I Need Them?

Load balancers are pretty much what they sound like: devices which distribute workload. In computer networking, these are either computers, software, or a networking device that takes data input and then distributes it for processing across two or three (or more) servers.

Why choose load balancing? If you have a large and busy web site, it makes sense to divide up the labor across multiple servers to prevent any one point from being clogged, and also to make the speed of your web site faster.

Typically, load balancers are deployed in pairs and handle http/https as well as other traffic.

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