load balancing
Spreading server workload
Load balancing is distributing work across multiple resources to optimize performance and prevent any single component from becoming overwhelmed.
In computing, it routes network traffic or processing tasks across servers: The site uses load balancing to handle traffic spikes.
The concept applies broadly—balancing electrical loads across a power grid, or dividing responsibilities among team members.
- serversMachines providing network resources
- server farmFacility housing networked computers
- fault toleranceSystem continues despite failures
- throughputProcessing rate over time
- scalabilityCapacity for growth
bandwidth · cloud computing · redundancy · resource allocation · transformer · latency · failover · smart grids · round-robin · energy storage · routers · virtual machines · spinning up · data centers · horizontal · requests · traffic · queue
- energyelectricity, power, oil, fuel, gas
- Air Travelboarding, airline, flight attendants, takeoff, landing
- logisticsshipping, delivery, warehouses, warehousing, shipment
- productivityproductivity, checking off, prioritization, finishing, output
- tech termsinternet, code, emoji, wireless, email
- telecommunicationscell phone, cellphone, signals, cellular network, telephone calls