Cross- Zone Load Balancer Flashcards
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Q
What is Cross-Zone Load Balancing in AWS?
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It’s a feature that allows AWS Elastic Load Balancing to distribute incoming traffic evenly across all instances in different Availability Zones.
Example: Elastic Load Balancer evenly distributes traffic between instances in us-east-1a and us-east-1b.
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Why use Cross-Zone Load Balancing?
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Balanced Traffic: Ensures no single instance or zone gets overloaded.
Increased Availability: Reduces risk of downtime if one zone has issues.
Cross-Zone Load Balancing helps in evenly distributing traffic and improving the overall availability of the application.
