Server Load balancer is a technology that implements Load Balancing through an algorithm. In layman's terms, requests are uniformly distributed to devices,
Server Load balancer will receive all requests in a unified manner, and then distribute these requests to the server Load balancer group according to the configured algorithm.
All members to achieve balanced allocation of requests (loads.
F5 is a brand of Server Load balancer. Its position is similar to that of Nokia's mobile phone brand.
Apart from F5, Radware, Array, A10, Cisco, Sangfor, and Huaxia innovation are all brands of Server Load balancer,
Because F5 has the greatest impact on such products, it is often said that F5 load balancing.
In a network with excessive data traffic, a single device cannot afford it. Therefore, another device is used to share the network traffic,
The F5 Load balancer is used to reasonably distribute the business traffic in the network so that no device is busy,
One device cannot play a role, so that the two devices can reasonably share the network traffic burden.
Hardware is used to distribute the load traffic;
In fact, there are many functions that can use soft loads to achieve load balancing, such as nginx.