5 Key Load Balancer Performance Metrics You Should Track
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The load balancer plays a critical role in creating a highly available and scalable architecture for your web application. It is the switchboard operator that directs traffic to the server with the most negligible load. Load balancers can also route traffic to multiple servers to help manage resource usage and avoid server overload. It's not always easy to identify load balancing configuration and performance issues. The performance metrics you should be tracking will vary from app to app, depending on what type of service you're providing, resources required, and so on.
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