Technology
What is Load balancing?
Load balancing is spreading incoming work — like website traffic — across multiple servers so no single one gets overwhelmed. It keeps apps fast and available, and lets services handle huge numbers of users by sharing the load.
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Watch a 2-minute lesson with voice + animation that explains load balancing.
Key things to understand
- 1It distributes work across multiple servers.
- 2It prevents any single server from overloading.
- 3It keeps apps fast, reliable, and available.
- 4It enables scaling to handle huge traffic.
Frequently asked questions
- What is load balancing?
- Distributing incoming traffic or work across multiple servers so none becomes overwhelmed.
- Why is load balancing important?
- It keeps websites and apps fast and online, and lets them scale to serve many users at once.
- What happens if a server fails behind a load balancer?
- The balancer redirects traffic to the remaining healthy servers, keeping the service running.