Load balancing is the process of distributing workloads across multiple servers to improve performance and reliability.
Why it matters:
- Prevents any single server from becoming overwhelmed.
- Increases uptime and resilience by rerouting traffic if one server fails.
- Essential for large-scale web applications.
Pro tip: Load balancing isn’t just for big companies — even small businesses benefit from redundancy in critical systems. Combine load balancing with auto-scaling — together, they keep apps fast, available, and cost-efficient.
Synonyms:
Load Balancer