Load Balancing Flashcards

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What is an architecture that load balancing can be used with?

A

Request/Response (Client Server Architecture)

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What fundamental problem does Load Balancing Solve?

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Evenly distributing the number of requests handled across more than 1 server.

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How does consistent hashing contribute to Load Balancing?

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When adding a server to your architecture it minimizes the impact that would otherwise happen with regard to request routing ensuring that as may requests as possible are still sent to the same server. This minimizes the impact on things like caching.

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