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What is the primary function of a load balancer in a system design?
What is the primary function of a load balancer in a system design?
to distribute incoming client requests across a pool of servers
How does a load balancer eliminate single point of failure in a system?
How does a load balancer eliminate single point of failure in a system?
by distributing traffic across multiple servers, so if one server goes down, others can continue processing requests
What is the purpose of health checks in a load balancer system?
What is the purpose of health checks in a load balancer system?
to continuously monitor the health of each server in the pool and remove unhealthy servers from the distribution cycle
What is the benefit of distributing workload across multiple servers in a load balancer system?
What is the benefit of distributing workload across multiple servers in a load balancer system?
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What is the role of a load balancer's algorithm in request distribution?
What is the role of a load balancer's algorithm in request distribution?
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