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Web load balancer is a type of computer or component used at web sites to balance the load across a set of web servers. The load balancer accepts an incoming HTTP request, and chooses a server to which it should be redirected. | Web load balancer is a type of computer or component used at web sites to balance the load across a set of web servers. The load balancer accepts an incoming HTTP request, and chooses a server to which it should be redirected. | ||
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| + | === Hardware Load Balancer === | ||
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| + | == Build Your Own Load Balancer == | ||
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| + | You can use [[IPVS]] and some [[LVS Cluster Management|cluster management software]] to build layer-4 load balancer. | ||
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| + | You can also use [[KTCPVS]] to build application-layer load balancer. | ||
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[[Category:Terms and Abbreviations]] | [[Category:Terms and Abbreviations]] | ||
Revision as of 13:29, 11 October 2006
Load balancer is a type of computer or component that provides load balancing service. Load balancer assigns work loads to a set of networked computer servers or components in such a manner that the computing resources are used in an optimal manner, and provides high availability by detecting server or component failure and reconfiguring the system appropriately.
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[hide]Introduction
Load Balancer Type
Web Load Balancer
Web load balancer is a type of computer or component used at web sites to balance the load across a set of web servers. The load balancer accepts an incoming HTTP request, and chooses a server to which it should be redirected.
Hardware Load Balancer
Software Load Balancer
Build Your Own Load Balancer
You can use IPVS and some cluster management software to build layer-4 load balancer.
You can also use KTCPVS to build application-layer load balancer.
