Load Balancing

  1. Types of Load Balancers by Implementation
    1. Hardware Load Balancers
      1. Dedicated Appliances
        1. Performance Characteristics
          1. Typical Use Cases
            1. Limitations
            2. Software Load Balancers
              1. Virtual Appliances
                1. Open-Source Solutions
                  1. HAProxy
                    1. NGINX
                      1. Apache HTTP Server
                        1. Traefik
                        2. Commercial Software Solutions
                          1. Licensing Models
                            1. Support and Maintenance
                          2. Cloud-Based Load Balancers
                            1. Managed Services
                              1. AWS Elastic Load Balancer
                                1. Azure Load Balancer
                                  1. Google Cloud Load Balancing
                                  2. Integration with Cloud Ecosystems
                                    1. Auto-Scaling Support
                                      1. Multi-Region Capabilities

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                                    3. Types of Load Balancers by OSI Layer

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                                    5. Load Balancing Algorithms