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Difference Between Load Balancing and Load Balancer

I need to know the difference between a load balancer and load balancing.

Solution

  • Load balancing is the functionality provided by a Load balancer :).

    In software architecture, a load balancer proxies client requests to a pool of application server, using an algorithm, with the objective of balancing the load of client requests evenly across the pool