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Sandeep Verma
Load Balance : Are they multiple machine

Sandeep Verma

Jul 22, 2024

Is LB single or multiple machine? If so ho is load distributed across these and who distributes this ( DNS distribution is understood, except for that how it works)

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Rahul Anand
Rahul Ananda year ago

It seems a very generic questions, it totally depends on the question, would you have multiple services/servers (like huge numbers). If that's the case, It will be in multiples. If the case is of small system, it could be a single machine/device.

LB itself a device, th...

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