From 3a8dfe1704d585ea2672261c1d8ae6a22e73188c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Jason (Jay) Smith" Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2022 16:08:36 -0800 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] issue 330 --- content/en/load_balancer.md | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/en/load_balancer.md diff --git a/content/en/load_balancer.md b/content/en/load_balancer.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..07adc38387 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/en/load_balancer.md @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +--- +title: Load Balancer +status: Feedback Appreciated +category: concept +--- + +## What it is +A load balancer is a method to distribute incoming network traffic accross a group of servers in the backend. The solution can be software or hardware based. + +## Problem it addresses +This helps solve the issue related to high availabilty and distributed systems. When working on an application or service that needs to scale to hundreds of thousands of users, one will often need to distribute that application on multiple servers. The load balancer is the "traffic cop" that routes traffic. + +## How it helps +A load balancer will act as frontend for network traffic and clients. It often has various methods to check which server(s) is up and has the lowest load to handle the request. \ No newline at end of file From 3e85385610441122236bdce273193939e9e718ce Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Jason (Jay) Smith" Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2022 16:14:30 -0800 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Spell check error --- content/en/load_balancer.md | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/content/en/load_balancer.md b/content/en/load_balancer.md index 07adc38387..4fdd779ebf 100644 --- a/content/en/load_balancer.md +++ b/content/en/load_balancer.md @@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ category: concept --- ## What it is -A load balancer is a method to distribute incoming network traffic accross a group of servers in the backend. The solution can be software or hardware based. +A load balancer is a method to distribute incoming network traffic across a group of servers in the back-end. The solution can be software or hardware based. ## Problem it addresses -This helps solve the issue related to high availabilty and distributed systems. When working on an application or service that needs to scale to hundreds of thousands of users, one will often need to distribute that application on multiple servers. The load balancer is the "traffic cop" that routes traffic. +This helps solve the issue related to high availability and distributed systems. When working on an application or service that needs to scale to hundreds of thousands of users, one will often need to distribute that application on multiple servers. The load balancer is the "traffic cop" that routes traffic. ## How it helps -A load balancer will act as frontend for network traffic and clients. It often has various methods to check which server(s) is up and has the lowest load to handle the request. \ No newline at end of file +A load balancer will act as front-end for network traffic and clients. It often has various methods to check which server(s) is up and has the lowest load to handle the request. \ No newline at end of file