Can you name the main types of load balancers and their features?
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Answer from AI
Main types of load balancers:
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DNS-level load balancing — distributes requests among multiple IP addresses but does not consider server health and does not ensure even load.
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Hardware Load Balancers — specialized devices with high performance, support complex balancing algorithms and SSL termination.
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Software Load Balancers — e.g., Nginx, HAProxy. Flexible, easy to configure, support various algorithms (round-robin, least connections, IP-hash).
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Application layer (L7) load balancing — analyze the content of HTTP requests, can direct traffic based on URL, headers, etc.
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Transport layer (L4) load balancing — work with TCP/UDP, faster but less flexible.
The choice depends on performance requirements, flexibility, and application type.